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Boards & Ambassadors Scope Group

Scope Foundation

The Scope Foundation guarantees the rating agency’s independence, its entrepreneurial spirit and the long-term preservation of its European identity. T he foundation consists of the Board of Trustees and the Honorary Board. While the Board of Trustees warrants the achievement of the purpose of the foundation - including the management of its assets - and ensures continuity among the shareholders, the Honorary Board provides advice to senior management.

Honorary Board

Prof Dr Horst Köhler | Scope Group

Prof Dr Horst Köhler

  Germany

  • Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
  • Former President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Jean-Claude Trichet | Scope Group

Jean-Claude Trichet

  France

  • Chair of the Trilateral Commission - Europe
  • Former President of the European Central Bank
  • Former Governor of the Bank of France
Pier Carlo Padoan | Scope Group

Pier Carlo Padoan

  Italy

  • Former Minister of Economy and Finances of Italy
  • Former Deputy Secretary General and Chief Economist of the OECD
  • Former Director of the International Monetary Fund for Italy
Stefan Ingves | Scope Group

Stefan Ingves

  Sweden

  • Chairman of the Toronto Centre for Global Leadership in Financial Supervision
  • Former Governor of the Swedish Central Bank
  • Former Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Leszek Balcerowicz | Scope Group

Leszek Balcerowicz

  Poland

  • Founder and Chairman of the Council of the Civil Development Forum (FOR) think tank
  • Former President of the National Bank of Poland
  • Former Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister of Finance
José Manuel González-Páramo | Scope Group

José Manuel González-Páramo

  Spain

  • Former Executive Board member of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
  • Former member of the Executive Board & Governing Council of the European Central Bank
  • Former member of the Executive Committee & Governing Council of Bank of Spain

Board of Trustees

Gerd Häusler | Scope Group

Gerd Häusler

(Chair)  

  • Former member of the Supervisory Board of MunichRe
  • Former CEO and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bayerische Landesbank
  • Former Director of International Capital Markets department at the IMF
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi | Scope Group

Lorenzo Bini Smaghi

(Vice Chair)  

  • Chairman of Société Générale
  • Former member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
  • Former Chairman of the board of Italgas, SNAM and SACE and former member of the board of the European Investment Bank and Morgan Stanley International amongst others
Yves Mersch | Scope Group

Yves Mersch

   

  • Founding Chairman of The Investor Forum CIC for institutional investors
  • Former member of the board of Barclays Bank
  • Former Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity International
Dr Johannes Fritz | Scope Group

Dr Johannes Fritz

   

  • Longstanding Head of the Quandt/ Klatten Family Office
  • Former Managing Director of SKion GmbH
Oliver Schoeller | Scope Group

Oliver Schoeller

   

  • CEO of Gothaer Group, one of the large German insurance companies
  • Chairman of Eurapco, the strategic alliance of primarily mutual insurance companies in Europe