25 May 2023 Members of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), the global trade association for the cross-border bond markets, have elected new board members at the ICMA annual general meeting in Paris.

The board subsequently appointed Janet Wilkinson, Managing Director, Head of Global Markets Institutional Sales, EMEA, RBC Capital Markets as the ICMA chair. She replaces Mandy DeFilippo who stepped down at the end of her term as an ICMA board member.

Jean-Luc Lamarque, Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Primary, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank was appointed as Deputy Chair.

The following were elected to the Board:

• Gareth Allen, Global Head of Investment and Execution, Managing Director UBS AG, London

• Reiko Hayashi, Director and Deputy President, BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo (formerly Merrill Lynch Japan Securities, Co. Ltd.)

• Eila Kreivi, Director, Chief Sustainable Finance Advisor, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

• Heleen van Rooijen, Head of Finance & Control, Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V., The Hague

• Malie Conway, Head of Global Clients & Growth Markets, Allianz Global Investors, London

• Cristiano Maffi, Head of Global Primary Markets and Solutions, Intesa Sanpaolo, Milan

• William Weaver, Head of EMEA DCM & Syndicate, Citigroup Global Markets Ltd, London