Pedro Silva

Master in Financial Monetary Economics from ISEG, Pedro has a career of more than 20 years in regulation and supervision of the financial system. Although passionate about financial markets and financial regulation, Pedro began his career in statistics at INE. Throughout his professional experience he had the privilege of learning with colleagues from diverse backgrounds by participating in numerous groups of national and international regulators within the scope of ESMA and IOSCO. He joined the Single Supervisory Mechanism project, a pillar of the European Banking Union, since its inception. At the European Central Bank part of his time was also dedicated to overseeing payment systems and monitoring innovation in this area. Currently in direct supervision of credit institutions, follows with interest developments in crypto-assets or artificial intelligence as well as inroads of credit institutions in innovative areas. Pedro loves the sea, the beach and Portugal and, being away, he takes every opportunity to return to his origins.