The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) announces that, following a proposal from the Selection Panel and the decision of the Ministry of Finance, the new Non-Executive Member of the General Council of the Fund is Dr. Dagmar Valcárcel. The appointment takes place according to the procedure of the law 3864/10, as in force, with effect from July 18th, 2016 to June 30th, 2017. The relevant Greek Government Gazette (FEK no. 384) was posted on July 18th, 2016.
Dr. Dagmar Valcárcel is a Managing Director, Head of Strategic Resolution, Insurance
Operations at Barclays Non-Core, the divestment division of Barclays Bank PLC. She leads the
divestment of Barclays’ life insurance operations across Western Europe based in Spain.
Prior to taking up her current role, Dr. Valcárcel was General Counsel Western Europe,
responsible for the risk management and legal support to the Retail and Business Banking,
Wealth and Investment Management and the Corporate and Investment Banking divisions
of Barclays throughout Continental Europe.
She joined Barclays in 2010, in Switzerland, from Terra Firma Capital Partners UK, where she
was a Director in the Legal, Tax and Structuring Team. Prior to Terra Firma, she worked at
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in UK and Germany, at Clyde & Co in UK and at General &
Cologne Re in Germany.
She is Chairperson of the Executive Committee of Barclays Vida y Pensiones Compañia de
Seguros, S.A.U, Madrid, Spain and a member of the Supervisory Board of amedes Holding
GmbH, Hamburg, Germany.
Dr. Valcárcel holds a PhD in Law from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universiät, Bonn,
Germany and is qualified in England & Wales, Germany and Spain. She is a Fellow of
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and she speaks German, Spanish, English and French.