Speaker

Vassiliki Lazarakou is Chair of HCMC. She is also Member of ESMA Board of Supervisors and she was a member of the ESMA Management Board for 5 years until December 2025. Vassiliki is member of the IOSCO Board and Chair of the IOSCO Diversity Network. She has been re-elected as a member of the Bureau of the OECD Corporate Governance Committee for 2026, marking a continuation of her role since 2022. She has been elected Vice Chair of the Mediterranean Partnership of Securities Commission for 2025 and 2026. She has been selected to represent Greece as a Member of Women Climate Leaders Network (WCLN) of the European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) She has a Doctorate in Law (JSD) and an LL.M. from New York University School of Law, U.S.A. as well as a Bachelor in Law from the Athens University. She is a lawyer admitted at the Athens Bar and the New York Bar Association. She has worked for more than 20 years as a Partner at law firms and head of the Banking and Finance Departments.