Organisation

The CMFB elects its Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson from among the representatives of the EU Member States. Both are elected for a two-year term. If the Chairperson comes from a national central bank, the Vice-Chairperson must come from a national statistical office and vice versa.

The Chairperson for the period 2023-2024 is Robert Kirchner (Deutsche Bundesbank), the Vice-Chairperson is Alfredo Cristobal (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Spain). 

The Secretariat of the CMFB is shared between the European Commission (Eurostat) and the Directorate General Statistics of European Central Bank. 

The Secretariat's main responsibilities are the following:

• to assist the Chairperson in the performance of his duties;

• to draw up draft agendas for meetings;

• to provide operational support for meetings;

• to draw up the draft list of actions and main conclusions of Committee meetings;

• to organise a technical liaison between the Committee and other bodies;

• to keep the Committee's archives;

• to keep the Committee's web site up to date (under the direct responsibility of the Chairperson).

The secretaries and their contact details are:

Mr Johan Debruyn

European Commission, Eurostat

5, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Tel.: +352-4301-35616

E-mail: johan.debruyn@ec.europa.eu; ESTAT-CMFB-Secretariat@ec.europa.eu

Mrs Egle Rocco

European Central Bank

Sonnemannstrasse 20

D-60314 Frankfurt am Main

Federal Republic of Germany

Tel. (49) 16 2101 5470

E-mail: Egle.Rocco@ecb.europa.eu; ECB-ESF-CMFB-Secretariat@ecb.europa.eu

The Executive Body consists of 12 members:

• Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and previous Chairperson of the Committee,

• three representatives of national central banks and national statistical institutes each, 

• one member of a national central bank or national statistical institute, depending on the constituency of the previous Chairperson, 

• European Commission (Eurostat),

• European Central Bank.

The Executive Body serves for the term of the Chairperson and is assisted by the Secretariat. Its main assignments are 

• identifying issues arising from requests of users or suppliers of statistics and submit them to the Committee for consideration,

• preparing the CMFB plenary meetings (taking place normally twice per year), 

• organising of written procedures in the course of consultations, and maintaining relations with other bodies. 

Members of the CMFB Executive Body as of January 2023

Robert Kirchner (Chairperson, Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany, NCB)

Alfredo Cristobal (Vice-Chairperson, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Spain, NSI)

Gerard Eding (Central Bureau voor de Statistiek, Netherlands, NSI)

Silvia Fabiani (Banca d'Italia, Italy, NCB)

Guillaume Houriez (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, France, NSI)

Jaanus Kroon (Eesti Pank, Estonia, NCB) 

Germain Stammet (Banque centrale du Luxembourg, NCB)

Pedro Oliveira (Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Portugal, NSI)

Elina Somervuori (Tilastokeskus, Finland, NSI)

Gunther Swoboda (Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Autria, NCB)

Caroline Willeke (European Central Bank, Directorate General Statistics)

Olga Monteiro (European Central Bank, Directorate General Statistics)

Rasa Jurkoniene (European Commission, Eurostat)

Gallo Gueye  (European Commission, Eurostat)