Giovanni Sabatini

Mr. Sabatini currently serves as Independent Chair of the EU T+1 Industry Committee, after serving as General Manager of the Italian Banking Association for 15 years. He is member of the IFRS Board of Trustees and independent director of several Italian companies. He has more than 40 years’ experience in international finance, including both public and private sector appointments. He previously served at Consob, the public authority responsible for regulating the Italian financial markets, and as Director General of the banking and financial system at the Italian Ministry of Finance. He was also CEO of the Italian CSD Montetitoli.

His extensive experience leading international organisations includes chairing the Executive Committee of the EBF- European Banking Federation (2016 -2020) and the EBF Steering Committee Financing Sustainable Growth (2020 – 2024), the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) working group on secondary markets regulation and the European Association of Central Securities Depositories. Mr Sabatini has also co-chaired a joint working group by IOSCO and the Bank for International Settlements. Mr. Sabatini was member of the European Economic and Social Committee – CESE (2019 – 2024)

Mr. Sabatini is adjunct professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano where he teaches “principles of banking”.

Mr. Sabatini is chartered accountant and graduated magna cum laude at LUISS University in Rome and has been awarded the title of Grande Ufficiale dell’Ordine a merito della Repubblica Italiana.