Willem Pieter De Groen

Research Fellow at the Financial Institutions and Prudential Policy Unit at Centre for European Policy Studies, Associate Researcher at the International Research Centre on Cooperative Finance at Hec Montréal

Willem Pieter de Groen is a Research Fellow at the Financial Institutions and Prudential Policy Unit at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels and an Associate Researcher at the International Research Centre on Cooperative Finance (IRCCF) of HEC Montreal. He has (co)-authored several studies on EU and Mediterranean banking regulation, as well as diversity in bank ownership and business models, small and medium-sized enterprises obstacles to growth and access to finance. Willem Pieter has further extensive experience in gathering and analysing data, e.g. product prices, executive compensation, financial performance, and structure. As an Associate Researcher of the IRCCF, Willem Pieter contributes to research on financial systems.