Biography

Dr Tim Shakesby is the Head of Digital Finance Unit at the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).  He is reposnbilt for coordinating work by EIOPA and national competent authorities on digital transformation in insurance and pensions.  Prior to this he was responsible for driving forwards convergence in conduct supervisory practices across the EU.  He previously led work on complex investment products, including chairing the joint European Supervisory Authority (ESA) work under the Package Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) Regulation.  Prior to EIOPA he was seconded to the European Commission for fives years, where he worked on asset management and consumer protection issues, including on UCITs and developing frameworks for investment funds and focused on growth and sustainability goals.  He started his regulatory career as policy advisor on retail market issues at the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA), where he led work to overhaul rules on projection and cost disclosures for insurance and personal pension products.