ChairOn 21 January 2025, the Council of the European Union appointed Ms. Bruna Szego as the first AMLA Chair.
Career
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA)
2025-present
Chair
Banca d'Italia
2022-2025
Head of Anti-Money Laundering Supervision and Regulation Unit
2017-2022
Head of Regulation and Macroprudential Analysis Directorate, Directorate General for Financial Supervision and Regulation
2016-2017
Deputy Head of Regulations and Macroprudential Analysis Directorate, Directorate General for Financial Supervision and Regulation
2014-2016
Senior Manager for the Head of Regulations and Macroprudential Analysis Directorate, Directorate General for Financial Supervision and Regulation
2008-2014
Head of Primary Legislation Division at the Regulatory and Supervisory Policies Service, Banking and Financial Supervision Area
1999-2007
Advisor and then Manager at the Law and Economics Office
1990-1999
Expert in the Regulatory Division of the Financial Intermediaries Supervision Service, Banking and Financial Supervision Area
Selected Professional Activities
2022 - 2025
Member of the Anti-Money Laundering Standing Committee at the EBA
2024 – 2025
Co-chair of the Expert Group at the BCBS dealing with AML issues (AMLEG)
2019 - 2022
Alternate member of the Board of Supervisors at the EBA
2018 - 2022
Member of the Senior Supervisors Group at G-10
2019 - 2020
Member of the Advisory Technical Committee at the ESRB
2019 - 2020
Member of the Financial Stability Committee at the ECB
2014 - 2021
Member of the Resolution Committee at the EBA
2014 - 2016
Alternate member of the General Board of the Single Resolution Board
Speaking Engagements
In an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore, AMLA Chair Bruna Szego discusses the Authority's risk analysis model, preparations for direct supervision from 2028, and the road towards a unified European AML/CFT framework.
AMLA Chair Bruna Szego delivered a keynote address at the European Banking Summit on 28 January 2026, hosted by the European Banking Federation in Brussels, setting out how AMLA is building a unified European response to financial crime.
AMLA Chair Bruna Szego delivered a keynote address at the BIPAR 2026 Mid-Term Meeting in Vienna on 22 January 2026, outlining the new EU AML framework and its relevance for the insurance intermediary sector.
Bruna Szego, Chair of AMLA, appeared before the ECON and LIBE Committees of the European Parliament on 2 December 2025 in Brussels, presenting the Authority’s progress, outlining priorities, and responding to MEPs questions on a range of topics.