Gabriel Bernardino

{{Short description|Portuguese mathematician (born 1964)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gabriel Bernardino

| image = Gabriel Bernardino - EIOPA Conference 2012.jpg

| office = Chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority

| vicepresident =

| term_start = 1 March 2011

| term_end = 28 February 2021

| predecessor = Position established

| successor =

| office1 = Chairman of the Managing Board of the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors

| term_start1 = 2009

| term_end1 = 2011

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| successor1 =

| office2 = Director General of the Directorate for Development and Institutional Relations at the Instituto de Seguros de Portugal

| term_start2 = 2007

| term_end2 = 2011

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|12|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bombarral, Portugal

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| alma_mater = Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Mathematics

| caption = Gabriel Bernardino speaking at the EIOPA Conference in 2012

}}

Gabriel Rodrigo Ribeiro Tavares Bernardino (born 1964) is a Portuguese mathematician{{cite web|url=http://www.theactuary.com/features/2013/02/gabriel-bernardino-man-on-a-mission|title=The Actuary: Gabriel Bernardino|publisher=}} who has been serving as the chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) from 2011 to 2021.{{cite web|url=https://eiopa.europa.eu/about-eiopa/organisation/senior-management|title=EIOPA Senior Management|website=eiopa.europa.eu|access-date=2016-12-17|archive-date=2019-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505123259/https://eiopa.europa.eu/about-eiopa/organisation/senior-management|url-status=dead}}Jonathan Gould (January 13, 2011), [https://www.reuters.com/article/insurance-regulator/update-1-new-eu-insurance-regulator-picks-bernardino-as-head-idUSLDE70B23K20110113?symbol=AXAF.PA New EU insurance regulator picks Bernardino as head] Reuters.

Early life and education

Bernardino was born in Bombarral, a village north of Lisbon. His father was a farmer.Tim Jones (June 2, 2013), [https://www.politico.eu/article/the-special-regulator/ The special regulator] European Voice. He holds degrees in mathematics and statistics from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.Jonathan Gould (January 13, 2011), [https://www.reuters.com/article/insurance-regulator/update-1-new-eu-insurance-regulator-picks-bernardino-as-head-idUSLDE70B23K20110113?symbol=AXAF.PA New EU insurance regulator picks Bernardino as head] Reuters.

Career

During Portugal's presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2007, Bernardino chaired the initial Council working group responsible for negotiating the Solvency II directive and the Accounting Expert Group.Tim Jones (June 2, 2013), [https://www.politico.eu/article/the-special-regulator/ The special regulator] European Voice. From 2009 to early 2011, he served as chairman of the managing board of the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS), EIOPA's predecessor.

Bernardino took up the post of chairman of the newly created European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority on 1 March 2011, for a first five-year term. His nomination followed a pre-selection of the European Commission and was confirmed by the European Parliament after a public hearing on 1 February 2011.Nikki Tait (February 3, 2011), [https://www.ft.com/content/e07a692a-2fa0-11e0-834f-00144feabdc0 Lawmakers approve EU watchdog chiefs] Financial Times. On 16 December 2015, the European Parliament reelected Bernardino for a second five-year term, which started on 1 March 2016 and ended in February 2021. As Chairman of EIOPA, he was responsible for the strategic direction of the financial regulatory authority.

Other activities

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