MERLINO Alexandra, Bank Pictet & Cie (Europe) AG, succursale de Luxembourg

Alexandra Merlino has been in charge of European Regulatory Affairs at Bank Pictet (Europe) AG since 2016. She has extensive international experience, and deep knowledge of European financial regulation from different perspectives: practitioner, advocate, policy maker.

Previous to Pictet, Alexandra was a Senior Regulatory Expert within the Risk Department of Groupe BPCE, once of France’s 4 GSIBs (Globally Systemically Important Banks). She was seconded to the French Banking Federation for two years, leading bank advocacy initiatives.

Prior to that, Alexandra spent seven years in London, holding consulting and policy roles at E&Y and the UK’s Financial Services Authority. Before that, Alexandra worked as an analyst at the IMF and World Bank in Washington DC.

Alexandra is Chairperson of the ABBL’s Financial Markets & Intermediation Committee. She also Co-chairs ALFI’s Outsourcing Working Group. Alexandra is a regular panellist at industry events.

Alexandra holds a Master in Law & Accounting from the London School of Economics and an MBA in International Finance from the American University in Washington DC.