The European Association of CCP Clearing Houses published a profile interview with Fiona Van Echelpoel, Deputy Director General in the European Central Bank’s Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments, focusing on her views on the future of clearing and on professional development. On market evolution, she expects technology to influence clearing without fundamentally transforming it within the next 10 years, citing distributed ledger technology, tokenisation and artificial intelligence as areas being explored. She also describes the ECB’s work to harness tokenisation and DLT to support progress toward a digital Capital Markets Union for the European Union, emphasising a collaborative approach with public and private stakeholders, including central counterparties. On careers, she highlights confidence-building through experience and networks, and advises early-career professionals to actively engage with colleagues and role models, approach more senior staff with preparation, and seek support from their reporting line.
European Association of CCP Clearing Houses 2025-09-11
European Association of CCP Clearing Houses profiles European Central Bank’s Fiona Van Echelpoel on technology’s role in clearing and career development
The European Association of CCP Clearing Houses published an interview with Fiona Van Echelpoel, Deputy Director General at the European Central Bank, discussing the future of clearing and professional development. Van Echelpoel anticipates technology will influence but not transform clearing in the next decade, focusing on distributed ledger technology, tokenisation, and artificial intelligence. She also highlights the ECB's collaborative efforts to advance a digital Capital Markets Union and offers career advice for early professionals.