Profiles

Manfred Schepers, Vice President, Finance

In October 2006 Manfred Schepers took up the position of Vice President Finance. He is responsible for Treasury (capital markets funding, liquidity investment and ALM); Strategic & Business Planning and Budget, Financial Reporting (IFRS) and Control (COSO); Financial Policies, Loan Syndications, Information Technology and Operations. In addition, he is a member of EBRD’s Executive Committee, Deputy Chair of the Operations Committee (responsible for all equity investment and lending decisions).

From 2004 until October 2006, Mr Schepers was Senior Managing Director and Head of the Bond Market Association, International based in London. In this role he managed the activities of the BMA in Europe and Asia and its affiliates the European Primary Dealers Association, European Securitisation Forum and the European High Yield Association. Mr Schepers responsibilities included providing an effective presence for the global debt and credit markets in Europe and Asia in addition to the Association’s established presence in the US, as well as leading the Association’s European staff, including senior regulatory experts and market analysts, overseeing their work in the areas of European government bond, credit, repo and securitisation markets and general securities market regulation affecting all market segments.

Previous to joining the Bond Market Association, Mr Schepers held a number of senior positions for UBS around the world during his 17 year career at UBS.  He ran Fixed-Income Distribution in Japan and Asia, was global head of Debt Capital Markets from 1992-2002 and managed Credit Fixed-Income in Europe, prior to taking on the role as Vice Chairman Fixed-Income, Rates and Currencies.

Mr Schepers, a Dutch national, holds a BSc and MSc from the London School of Economics and an international baccalaureate from the United World College of the Atlantic.