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Karel Lannoo
CEO, CEPS and Director of ECRI
Phone: +32 (0)2 2293 956
Isabelle.Tenaerts(at)ceps.eu
Karel Lannoo has been chief executive of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) since 2000 and senior research fellow since 1997. He is a member of the European Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (ESFRC) and has published widely on EU and financial regulation matters. He holds an MA in history from the University of Leuven, Belgium (1985) in and a postgraduate degree in European studies from the University of Nancy, France (1986). Karel Lannoo is an independent director of BME (Bolsas Y Mercados Espanoles), the company which runs the Madrid stock exchange.
Elina Pyykkö
Researcher
Phone: +32 (0)2 2293 983
Elina.Pyykko(at)ceps.eu
Elina Pyykkö joined CEPS in May 2011 as a Researcher at the European Credit Research Institute. She holds a Ph.D. in Financial Accounting and a M.Sc. in Financial Accounting, both granted by the Oulu Business School in Finland. Before joining ECRI she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Accounting at the Oulu Business School, where she was responsible for several research projects in the field of equity and credit markets, in cooperation with both corporate and credit agency representatives. She has published in the field of financial analysis in international financial economics journals as well as contributed to the general economic discussion in the form of commentaries and working papers on financial market conditions. In addition to the analysis of the price relevance of financial information, other areas of her interests include credit analysis and reporting, corporate governance and European financial regulation and integration.
Research Assistant
Phone: +32 (0)2 2293 987
Angelo.Fiorante(at)ceps.eu
Angelo Fiorante joined CEPS in February 2011 and is a Research Assistant at the European Credit Research Institute (ECRI). He holds a M.Sc. in Finance and a B.Sc. in Business Administration & Economics, both granted by the Stockholm University School of Business. Before joining ECRI he worked as Research Assistant at the Finance Department of Stockholm University. He was in charge of several research projects funded by Nasdaq OMX Corp. on economic integration, stock market co-movements, market efficiency and bank regulations. Other areas of interests are financial development in emerging countries, banking systems and behavioral finance. Angelo follows the credit developments in Europe and is also in charge of collecting the statistics for ECRI’s flagship publication, the "Statistical Package" on consumer credit and lending to households.
Phone: +34 91 338 5098
almudena.delamata(at)bde.es
In 2005, Almudena de la Mata Munoz was appointed honorary Research Associate of the European Credit Research Institute where she used to be Head of Research between 2003 and 2005. She is currently legal counsel at Banco de Espana (Spanish Central Bank). Her previous working experience includes positions as global responsible for Policy Development and Regulatory Risk at Central Compliance Fortis Bank (MPB) and Europe's Legal and Regulatory Counsel for GE International - Morgage Insurance. She has been scientific researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for International Private Law and Foreign Law in Hamburg. She is associated to the Humboldt University in Berlin and the Hamburg University as lecturer for civil law, business law and international private law. Ms de la Mata has served as advisor to the European Commission and the German Central Bank.
