Biografia

José-Luis Langa got a degree in Economics in the Complutense University of Madrid in 1989 and completed the PhD studies on Economic Finance in the Autónoma University. In between, he qualified in a public competition to get a position in the Central Bank of Spain in 1990. Since 1992, he has been participating in several national and international committees dealing with Payment Systems at the European Central Bank, SWIFT, BIS and other international bodies representing Spain. In 2000, José Luis was appointed Managing Director of Interbank Payment Service. When the later company was transformed in 2005 to create Iberpay, he acted as its interim Managing Director. His current position at Iberpay is Deputy Managing Director responsible for international, cash and institution relationship areas. He is currently member of the following groups: . Chairman of European Automated Clearing House Association (EACHA): (2021-Present) . Member of the ECB Advisory Group on Market Infrastructures for Payments (AMI-Pay): (2017- Present) . Member of the ECB Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial Infrastructures (ECRB): (2018-Present) . Participant in several EPC groups: Scheme Technical Player Multi-Stakeholder Group, Request- To-Pay Multi-Stakeholder Group and Future Proof Work Block: (2009-Present) . Member of the BIS CPMI Service Level Task Force and Cross-border Payments Interoperability and Extension (PIE) Taskforce (2022-Present) . Participant at Latin American Clearing House Association (2015-Present) . Alternate member at Spanish Payments Council (2015-Present) . Member at Cash Committee at Spanish Central Bank (2004- Present)