Afore Consulting
Afore Consulting is a European Public Affairs company, based in Brussels with a core strength in financial services, FinTech, sustainable finance and competition policy.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)
10 Oct 2025 · Credit insurance
Meeting with Lauro Panella (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque) and Apollo Global Management
7 Oct 2025 · Securitisation
Meeting with Sven Gentner (Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
2 Sept 2025 · Discussion of audit and reporting initiatives
Meeting with Fabio De Masi (Member of the European Parliament) and
9 Jul 2025 · Digital Euro
Meeting with Alberto Fernandez Diez (Cabinet of Commissioner Marta Kos) and
24 Jun 2025 · Dinner Invitation with Lloyd's on Ukraine Reconstruction
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and Coinbase
16 May 2025 · Coinbase roundtable explored blockchain-based tokenization to modernise EU capital markets, highlighting public and permissioned chains, digital twin to native asset rollout, and calling for harmonised, flexible regulation.
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and Apollo Global Management
14 Apr 2025 · Solvency II and Macroeconomic factors
Meeting with Helene Bussieres (Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
28 Mar 2025 · General discussion on asset management regulations and SIU
Meeting with Eric Ducoulombier (Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and RELX
13 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on the topic of fraud in the context of the Payment Services package and new Commission Work Program.
Meeting with Regina Doherty (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
4 Feb 2025 · FIDA
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and
22 Jan 2025 · Courtesy meeting and exchange of views on the implementation of Basel III and cryptocurrency regulation
Meeting with Tsvetelina Penkova (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Oct 2024 · Future priorities
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)
7 Oct 2024 · ECON priorities for new mandate
Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
1 Oct 2024 · Draghi report
Meeting with Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra) and Argus Media Ltd
19 Sept 2024 · Biofuel price monitoring
Meeting with Maarten Verwey (Director-General Economic and Financial Affairs)
17 Sept 2024 · Meeting with the Japanese CEO-s (MUFG Bank, NYG Group, Mitshubishi)
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
17 Sept 2024 · Meeting with a group of several CEOs of Japan’s largest companies about green transition. Organised by Afore Consulting.
Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and Google
27 Jun 2024 · EU cloud policy
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and HSBC Holdings PLC
5 Jun 2024 · CMU Agenda
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and Ernst & Young Core Business Services BV
13 Mar 2024 · Future of Assurance, CMU
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and
21 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Roundtable on Late Payment Regulation
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and Apollo Global Management
31 Jan 2024 · European capital markets
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
17 Jan 2024 · BMR
Meeting with Alfred Sant (Member of the European Parliament)
10 Oct 2023 · Exploitation of software licenses
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
11 Jul 2023 · CMU
Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and Ernst & Young Core Business Services BV
10 Jul 2023 · DSA
Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and Ernst & Young Core Business Services BV
28 Jun 2023 · EU digital policy
Meeting with Eva-Maria Alexandrova Poptcheva (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
22 Jun 2023 · Listing Act
Meeting with Alfred Sant (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Banking Federation
6 Jun 2023 · Listing Act
Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and The Bank of New York Mellon
4 May 2023 · EMIR
Meeting with Tsvetelina Penkova (Member of the European Parliament) and
27 Apr 2023 · EUROFI
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and
28 Mar 2023 · Round-Table on Digital Euro (with EVP Dombrovskis and DG FISMA)
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
28 Feb 2023 · Banking package
Meeting with Alfred Sant (Member of the European Parliament) and Paysafe Ltd
17 Jan 2023 · Payments, AML
Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament)
8 Dec 2022 · Afore Consulting and UN High Level Expert Group on Net Zero Pledges Seminar
Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Paul Moley (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and European Network of Credit Unions
17 Nov 2022 · Introductory meeting
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and European Payment Institutions Federation
14 Nov 2022 · Instant payments, the digital euro and Open Finance
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and
19 Oct 2022 · Sanctions and energy policy
Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
21 Sept 2022 · Presentation of the MUFG Transition Paper
Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament)
8 Sept 2022 · Finance numérique
Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
6 Jul 2022 · Afore Consulting Sustainable Finance Workshop - Due Diligence
Meeting with Ondřej Kovařík (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
21 Jun 2022 · New initiaties after MiCA and Transfer of Funds Regulation - Internet 3.0.
Meeting with Pascal Durand (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
31 Mar 2022 · CSRD (APA only)
Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and Investment Company Institute
9 Nov 2021 · Sustainable Finance
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and Investment Company Institute
9 Nov 2021 · Sustainable finance, Capital Markets Union
Meeting with Valeria Miceli (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
8 Nov 2021 · ICI expressed a strong interest in the EU sustainable finance agenda. They underlined the differences between EU & US on SF approach and on ESG priorities including social considerations. They would support more global coordination on this agenda.
Meeting with Ondřej Kovařík (Member of the European Parliament)
8 Nov 2021 · Economic affairs - Capital markets union
Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and Investment Company Institute
20 Sept 2021 · AIFMD,/UCITS review Brexit MMFs
Meeting with Ondřej Kovařík (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
9 Sept 2021 · MiCA
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
11 May 2021 · EU-UK discussions and the impact of Covid-19 and policy responses
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and
9 Mar 2021 · Basel III
Meeting with Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and
10 Feb 2021 · Basel III
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
2 Feb 2021 · FinTech & Regulations
Meeting with Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)
13 Jan 2021 · Courtesy call and Presentation of AFORE
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
10 Feb 2020 · SUSTAINABLE FINANCE; DIGITAL FINANCE
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
29 Jan 2019 · Closing keynote address at the Second Afore Consulting Sustainable Finance Workshop
Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and Stripe, Inc.
28 Feb 2018 · Scaling up in Europe
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association
30 Nov 2017 · Speech at Afore/AFISMA forum dinner on growth and investment in Europe, Fintech and sustainable finance
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and
30 Nov 2017 · Speech at EU-Asia Financial Services Dinner Reception on growth and investment in Europe; Fintech and sustainable finance
Meeting with Elina Melngaile (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and Worldpay Group plc
7 Nov 2017 · payment innovation
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
11 Oct 2017 · High-level dinner on the Future of Europe
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
30 May 2017 · Working dinner on green finance
Meeting with Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström) and
29 Nov 2016 · Trade financing
Meeting with Vasiliki Kokkori (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen) and Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
4 Oct 2016 · Income Protection Gap
Meeting with Mette Toftdal Grolleman (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)
19 May 2016 · CRR/CRD package
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
12 Feb 2016 · Financial Regulation
Meeting with Denzil Davidson (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)
21 Jan 2016 · Financial Services Policy
Meeting with Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and
14 Jan 2016 · AECA Round-Table on “Dealing with Regulatory Burden
Meeting with Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete), Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)
24 Feb 2015 · EU policy on LNG
Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
16 Jan 2015 · Priorities of the new Commission in the area of Financial Services
Meeting with Lee Foulger (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
8 Jan 2015 · Commission's priorities in the area of financial services in 2015
Meeting with Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)
2 Dec 2014 · Capital Markets Union