Euroclear announces directorate changes
Marc Antoine Autheman has decided to step down as the Chairman and Director of the Euroclear boards.
The Euroclear group has announced that Marc Antoine Autheman has decided to step down as the Chairman and Director of the Euroclear boards.
Having steered the business through its response to the current COVID-19 situation, Mr Autheman considered that now was an appropriate time to stand aside, and for the group to appoint a new chairman.
The boards decided to take this opportunity to undertake the ongoing governance reforms at the level of Euroclear Holding (the group’s financial holding and parent company) and Euroclear SA/NV (the group’s fully regulated operating board).
In addition, Bert De Graeve has decided to take this opportunity to step down from his role as independent non-executive director of Euroclear Holding.
Harold Finders and Franco Passacantando will become independent directors at the level of Euroclear Holding SA/NV.
Pending the appointment of a new permanent Chairman, who is expected to be the same for each Board, Mr Finders is appointed as the interim Chairman of Euroclear Holding SA/NV, while Mr Passacantando is the interim Deputy Chairman. At the level of Euroclear SA/NV, Mr Passacantando has been appointed as interim Chairman with Mr Finders as interim Deputy Chairman.
Franco Passacantando has been a director of Euroclear SA/NV since 2013, and has chaired its Risk Committee since 2017. He was also previously on the board of the group’s holding companies, Euroclear plc and Euroclear Holding SA/NV until May 2019. Mr Passacantando held a number of senior positions at the Bank of Italy (including running the payments and market infrastructure area) until his retirement in 2013. He was also an Executive Director of the World Bank from 1995 to 2003 and an Expert Member of the Board of the European Investment Bank from 2013 to 2018.
He has a degree in Statistics from La Sapienza University of Rome and a Master of Arts in Economics from Stanford University.
Harold Finders has been director of Euroclear SA/NV since 2017 and Chair of its Remuneration Committee since 2018. He was previously on the board of the group’s holding companies, Euroclear plc and Euroclear Holding SA/NV until May 2019. Mr Finders was previously CEO of SunGard Financial Systems, leading a worldwide staff of 14,000, providing capital markets and asset management solutions to the world’s leading financial institutions. During this time Mr Finders led several mergers and acquisitions, the largest valued at $800m. He is an investor in several early-stage technology start-ups, speaks four languages, is used to working in diverse multi-cultural organizations, and holds Swiss and Dutch nationality.
Mr Finders has an MBA in Finance (HEC) from the University of Lausanne.
A search will now begin for a new permanent Chairman of the two Boards.
