Gabriel Rodrigo Ribeiro Tavares Bernardino (born 1964) is a Portuguese mathematician who has been serving as the Chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) from 2011 to 2021.

Early life and education

Bernardino was born in

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, a village north of Lisbon. His father was a farmer. He holds degrees in mathematics and statistics from the

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Career

During Portugal's presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2007, Bernardino chaired the initial Council working group responsible for negotiating the

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and the Accounting Expert Group. From 2009 to early 2011, he served as Chairman of the managing board of the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (

CEIOPS The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is a European Union financial regulatory institution that replaced the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS). It is established under EU Re ...

), EIOPA's predecessor. Bernardino took up the post of chairman of the newly created European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority on 1 March 2011, for a first five-year term. His nomination followed a pre-selection of the

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and was confirmed by the

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after a public hearing on 1 February 2011. On 16 December 2015, the European Parliament reelected Bernardino for a second five-year term, which started on 1 March 2016 and ended in February 2021. As Chairman of EIOPA, he was responsible for the strategic direction of the financial regulatory authority.

Other activities

European Systemic Risk Board The European Systemic Risk Board () is a group established on 16 December 2010 in response to the ongoing financial crisis. It is tasked with the macro-prudential oversight of the financial system within the European Union in order to contrib ...

(ESRB), Second Vice-ChairGeneral Board

(ESRB).

References

1964 births Living people People from Leiria District 20th-century Portuguese mathematicians 21st-century Portuguese mathematicians {{Portugal-mathematician-stub