Hans Weenink

Hans Weenink currently serves as Senior Counsel in the Legal Department of the International Monetary Fund, specializing in central bank governance, payment system oversight, and European law. His extensive career in financial law includes a significant role as Deputy Head of the Financial Law Division at the European Central Bank's Legal Department, where he focused on governance, institutional law, monetary policy, payment systems, and EU competition law. Before joining the IMF, he gained valuable experience at De Nederlandsche Bank working on governance issues and the legal preparation for the European Monetary Union. His career path also includes service at the European Commission as a competition lawyer and early experience at the Dutch Ministry of Finance. Weenink's academic foundation was established at the University of Utrecht, where he studied law. His comprehensive expertise in European financial law and central banking makes him a key figure in shaping international financial legal frameworks and policy development