Francis Gross

Francis is Senior Adviser in the Directorate General Statistics of the European Central Bank where his immediate focus is on the “real world - data world” interface, primarily object identification.. His interests include developing vision and strategy for overcoming the dual disruption of rapid globalisation and digitisation, as well as designing and driving the implementation of concrete, feasible measures with transformational power to ultimately deliver measurement tools effective at the scale and speed of today’s finance, especially in a crisis. He serves on the Regulatory Oversight Committee of the Global LEI System (GLEIS) and has been instrumental in the emergence and development of the GLEIS. Prior to the ECB, Francis spent fifteen years in the automotive industry, eight of which at Mercedes, working mainly on globalisation, strategic alliances and business development.