In Conversation with European Commissioner Mairéad McGuinness

The France Ireland Chamber of Commerce (FICC) is delighted to welcome European  Commissioner Mairéad McGuinness on this special occasion.

Mairéad McGuinness is the European Commissioner for financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union.

The Commissioner’s vision for the portfolio is focused on ensuring the financial sector’s strength and stability, so that it can deliver for people, society and the environment.

Before joining the Commission in October 2020, Ms McGuinness was First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2017. She served as an MEP from Ireland for 16 years, and was a Vice-President of the Parliament since 2014.

Margot Slattery (President France Ireland Chamber of Commerce) will discuss a number of topics with Commissioner Mairéad McGuinness including, but not exclusively, Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial sector from the EU perspective.

Welcome Speech will be given by H.E. Vincent Guérend, Ambassador of France to Ireland. 

If you have a question relevant to the Franco-Irish business community that you wish to put to Commissioner McGuinness, please send the question to Léa  (info(@)franceireland.ie) before Friday 19^th February.

Speaker(s)

Mairéad McGuinnessEuropean Commissioner for financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union

Margot SlatteryPresident FICC & ISS Group Head of Diversity & Inclusion – Group People & Culture, ISS World Services

H.E. Vincent GuérendAmbassador of France to Ireland