Mr Jean-Paul Servais is the Chairman of the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA). After three mandates as Vice Chair of the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), he was appointed IOSCO Chair in October 2022 and subsequently reappointed in May 2024 and May 2026. IOSCO is the global standard setter for financial markets regulation. The organization's membership regulates more than 99% of the world's securities and derivatives markets in over 130 jurisdictions. Mr Servais is also the Chair of the IOSCO European Regional Committee. Previously, he served as co-Chair of the Audit Monitoring Group and as Chair of the IFRS Foundation Monitoring Board.
In addition, since January 2025 Mr Servais is Chair of the OECD Corporate Governance Committee, the central forum for corporate governance matters at the international level.
As FSMA Chairman, he sits on the board of several international supervisory bodies for the financial sector. He is a member of the Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and he sits on the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). Moreover, he is a member of a number of supervisory colleges that coordinate the (cross-border) supervision of financial institutions and infrastructures.
Jean-Paul Servais teaches at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB, University of Brussels), where he is a professor in the LL.M International Business Law and in the specialised Master in Tax Law.
He is author or co-author of more than 500 contributions, mostly relating to European and international systems of financial supervision and regulation issues.
