Aurea MARQUES

Aurea MARQUES is a Visiting Professor at the European Economic Studies Department of the College of Europe (Bruges campus). She holds a Master in Finance and is finalizing her PhD in Maths Applied to Economics from the University of Lisbon. Her professional career spans over 18 years in financial regulation and policy, with key roles at the Banco de Portugal (2005-2014) and the European Central Bank (ECB) since 2014. At the ECB, she specializes in stress-testing methodologies, top-down credit risk modeling, and macroprudential policy design. She currently leads the ECB's top-down credit risk team and chairs the ECB Financial Stability Committee's workstream on stress-testing benchmarks.

Her expertise includes:

• Banking supervision frameworks (Basel II/III)
• Macroprudential policy analysis
• Internal model benchmarking
• Stress-testing toolkit development

She actively contributes to international regulatory bodies such as the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), European Banking Authority (EBA), and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). Her work bridges analytical research with policy implementation, particularly in translating complex financial models into actionable regulatory measures. She has authored multiple academic and policy publications on financial stability topics.