Ethics at the EBA
Integrity and irreproachable professional conduct are at the heart of the EBA’s daily work. We operate in an ethical environment to protect the independence, transparency and objectivity of the EBA’s decision-making operations, allowing our staff and partners to thrive.
The ethics guidelines set out the rules of behaviour and conduct of staff and those who provide services to the EBA. These guidelines include principles of professional ethics of staff, behaviour at work and relations with the public. They also set out rules on how to deal with conflicts of interests, particularly with those of a financial nature, in view of the role that the EBA plays in the regulation and supervision of financial institutions in the EU.
For information on conflict of interests of members of the governing bodies and other committees (non-staff), click here.
Conflicts of interest of staff
A conflict of interest is a situation where an individual's private interests, which they hold in their personal capacity, may potentially improperly influence the performance of his/her official duties and responsibilities, thereby conflicting with their public duty. The EBA’s policy on conflicts of interests for staff provides specific rules that staff and other persons providing services to the EBA need to observe.
Declarations of interests of EBA senior managers
| EBA Top management and Directors | Declaration of interest | Restrictions |
| EBA Chairperson | Jose Manuel Campa | |
| EBA Vice-Chairperson | Helmut Ettl | |
| EBA Executive Director | François-Louis Michaud | |
| EBA Director of Prudential Regulation and Supervisory Policy | Isabelle Vaillant | |
| EBA Director of Innovation, Conduct and Consumers | Marilin Pikaro | |
| EBA Director of Data Analytics, Reporting and Transparency | Meri Rimmanen | |
| EBA Director of Economic and Risk Analysis | ongoing recruitment | |
| EBA Director of Operations | Peter Mihalik |
The Code of Good Administrative Behaviour
As part of the EU’s public administration, we are committed to the values of service, independence, responsibility, accountability, efficiency, and transparency. These values are reflected in its Code of Good Administrative Behaviour of 2011.
The Code informs the public of the standards of conduct to expect when dealing with the EBA, and it sets out the principles that guide the administrative conduct of the EBA, in particular: