Ismael Ahmad Fontán

Ismael Ahmad Fontan is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank based in Vienna, Austria. He specializes in banking supervision, regulation, and recovery and resolution planning. He worked in the G-SIB Supervision Department of the Bank of Spain, where he engaged in on-site and off-site supervisory activities, including on-site inspections, and SREP assessments. He also participated in the negotiations of key European regulations (BRRD, CRD, etc.) and joined several international working groups. As a consultant in financial services for PwC and then Bluecap Management Consulting he has experience of working in various regions of the world. He has advised a number of banks and financial institutions, both cross-border and domestic, mainly in developing SREP, ICAAP, ILAAP, Risk Appetite Framework, Stress Testing, Risk Policies, Governance, and NPL management and resolution. He has also assisted banks in developing recovery plans and complying with resolution planning requirements set forth by resolution authorities. He has worked in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Turkey, Indonesia, Ukraine and North Macedonia.