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
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.
AMLA Chair Bruna Szego delivered a keynote address at the opening of Euro Finance Week in Frankfurt on 17 November 2025, outlining the Authority's priorities and the challenges ahead in building a unified European AML/CFT framework.
Bruna Szego, Chair of AMLA, delivered a speech at the 19th Annual European AML/CTF & Financial Crime Conference in London on 11 November 2025, setting out the Authority's mandate and priorities.
AMLA Chair Bruna Szego delivered a keynote address at the 16th FMA Supervisory Conference in Vienna on 23 September 2025, hosted by the Austrian Financial Market Authority.