Prof. Marlene Amstad

Marlene Amstad serves as Chair of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and as a board member of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). She brings over 30 years of experience in central banking and financial supervision and has specialised in international financial markets and financial technology. Her previous roles include positions at the Swiss National Bank, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
She spent nearly a decade in Asia, where she coordinated the Asian Bond Fund (ABF) initiative at the BIS in Hong Kong and served as advisor to more than ten Asian central banks. As Co-Director of the FinTech Center at the Shenzhen Finance Institute (SFI), she focused on the intersection of finance and emerging technologies. She is co-editor and co-author of the book CBDC and FinTech in Asia.
Marlene Amstad is an Honorary Professor at the University of Bern and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University.