CCP Global Sponsorship of FMI Chair

About the FMI Chair

The Special Chair of Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management of Tilburg University in the Netherlands was established in December 2010. It was created as FMIs were under-researched and under-taught at universities worldwide relative to the fundamental importance of their economic function and contribution to global financial stability. The special chair provides a link between theory and practice as the study of FMIs requires thorough knowledge of the academic literature, adequate practical insights from the industry, and familiarity with the regulatory environment. Professor Dr. R.J.(Ron) Berndsen was appointed as professor for the Special Chair of Financial Market Infrastructures in 2021, and CCP Global is the sponsor of this chair for 5 years starting from his appointment. Previously, the Central Bank of the Netherlands (DNB) sponsored the chair.

RON BERNDSEN

About Ron Berndsen

Professor Ron Berndsen is the senior independent non-executive director of LCH Ltd and LCH SA. Additionally, he is the chair of the LCH Risk Committees and a member of Audit Co, Operational Resilience Co and Nomination Co, whilst also being chair of the Supervisory Board of Quantoz Payments BV and a member of the Advisory Council of the SWIFT Institute. Attached to the Tilburg School of Economics and Management at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, Ron is a full professor of Financial Market Infrastructures, sponsored by CCP Global.

Previously, Ron was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures. He has been active in the field of payments and financial market infrastructures for over 19 years, and was Head of the Oversight Department and Head of the Market Infrastructures Policy Department at De Nederlandsche Bank. Ron also served as a member on the Market Infrastructure Board at the European Central Bank and as member of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures at the Bank of International Settlements. He co-chaired the FSB Group on Cross-Border Crisis Management for Financial Market Infrastructures and was a member of the oversight committees of CLS, EuroCCP, Euroclear, LCH, SWIFT and TARGET2. In 1992, he was awarded a doctorate from Tilburg University for his PhD thesis in Economics and Artificial Intelligence.
https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/staff/r-j-berndsen