Dominique Laboureix

Dominique is Chair of the Single Resolution Board, the central resolution authority in the Banking Union, which is responsible for preparing for and managing bank crises. Working with the National Resolution Authorities in the Single Resolution Mechanism, its mission is to ensure an orderly resolution of failing banks with minimum impact on the real economy, the financial system, and the public finances of the participating member states and beyond.

Taking up his current mandate in 2023, Dominique is in charge of the management and the work of the board in its executive and plenary sessions.  He is member of the FSB Resolution Steering Group (ReSG) and represents the SRB towards international stakeholders. He is accountable to the European Parliament and other bodies, including the Eurogroup.

Dominique was previously Secretary-General of the French Prudential Supervisory Authority (ACPR), in charge of supervisory and resolution matters for banks and insurance undertakings. In that capacity, he was member of the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (BCBS) and alternate member of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism. As co-chair of the BCBS Task Force on Evaluation, he published the report Evaluation of the impact and efficacy of the Basel III reforms in December 2022.

Between 2015 and 2019 he was one of the founding members of the Single Resolution Board. Notably, he was responsible for resolution planning and preparation of decisions for banking groups in six European countries. He chaired the EBA Resolution Committee throughout this period.

Prior to that he held a number of positions in ACPR and the Banque de France, including as Chief Finance Officer and Deputy Director General responsible for setting up the French resolution directorate.

Dominique is a graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and has a masters degree in business law from Paris II University.