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
AMLA Chair Bruna Szego presented the Authority’s 2025 Consolidated Annual Activity Report at a public hearing of the European Parliament’s ECON and LIBE Committees.
AMLA Chair Bruna Szego delivered a keynote address at the European Police Congress in Berlin on 6 May 2025, outlining AMLA's role in fostering European-level financial intelligence to support law enforcement.
AMLA Chair Bruna Szego delivered a keynote address at the ACAMS Germany 10th Anniversary event, hosted at the Italian Embassy in Berlin on 6 May 2025.
From July 2029, professional football clubs and agents will be subject to EU anti-money laundering rules for the first time. AMLA Chair Bruna Szego explains why football is in the frame, what the risks are, and why the sector should start preparing now.