Speaker

Marie-Anne BARBAT-LAYANI

CEO - Fédération Bancaire Française

Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani is a General Inspector of Finance. A graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Paris and alumni of the Ecole Nationale d’Administration. She is Chief Executive Officer of the French Banking Federation since January 2014. From 2010 to 2012, she was Deputy Director of the Prime Minister’s Office. Previoulsy Deputy Director General of Fédération Nationale du Crédit Agricole’s from 2007 to 2010, she was assistant director of Banking and Financing of General Interest Activities at the Directorate General of the Treasury from 2002 to 2007. From 2000 to 2002, she was head of the office of credit institutions and investment firms, having been technical advisor at the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry, after holding several positions in the Directorate General of Treasury and the Permanent Representation of France in Brussels. Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani is Chevalier des ordres de la Légion d’Honneur et du Mérite.

With 364 members, the French Banking Federation (FBF) represents all French and foreign banks with operations in France. The FBF’s mission is to promote, in the interest of its members, the banking and financial activity at French, European and international levels, and to define the profession’s positions, proposals or concerns vis-à-vis public authorities and economic/financial authorities. Located in Paris, the FBF is also present throughout France via a network of 105 regional and depart­mental committees. It also maintains offices in Brussels and Frankfurt.