Banking and other Financial services
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Dr. Cinzia Alcidi is Director of Research, Head of the Economic Policy Unit at the…
Cosmina Amariei joined the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI) in November 2013, as part of the Financial Markets…
Willem Pieter is a Senior Research Fellow and he heads the Financial Markets and Institutions…
Damir Gojsic is a Research Assistant in the Financial Markets and Institutions Unit at CEPS.…
Karel Lannoo has been Chief Executive of CEPS since 2000, Europe’s leading independent European think…
Roberto Musmeci works as a Researcher in the Financial Markets and Institutions unit. He is…
Inna Oliinyk works as a Researcher in the Financial Markets & Institutions Unit. Recent graduate…
Beatriz Pozo holds a Master’s degree in European Studies by King´s College London and a…
Apostolos Thomadakis is a Researcher at the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI), an independent research…
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