Burkhard Eckes has more than 30 years of professional experience in auditing and advising credit institutions, including supervisory and regulatory requirements and practices, banking strategies, business models, risk management and risk assessment, accounting practices, ESG and advising on bank restructuring and transformation. His various responsibilities as Banking and Capital Markets Leader of PwC EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and PwC’s Global Banking ESG Leader have included amongst others driving PwC’s strategic development on banking transformation and regulatory issues. He maintains close relationships with supervisory and regulatory authorities, in particular the European Central Bank (ECB/SSM), the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the Single Resolution Board (SRB), and is in constant dialogue with senior executives and board members of the financial services sector across Europe. Burkhard Eckes is Chairman of the Banks Working Party of Accountancy Europe and was also Chairman of the Banking Committee of the Institute of Public Accountants in Germany for many years.