Peter Skinner, MEP

Mr Skinner has been the European Parliamentary Labour Party’s spokesperson on Financial and Economic Affairs, and he has also been a member of the USA delegation to the Transatlantic Legislators Dialogue since the late 1990s. From November 2007, he has represented the European Parliament in the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) meetings, held every six months between the USA and the EU on reducing non-tariff barriers.He has also worked on the Reinsurance Directive and the Transparency Obligations Directive, which covers reporting standards in securities. His current work includes the Solvency 2 insurance legislation and its implementation and was the repsonsble MEP for the regulation creating the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Agency (EIOPA) based in Frankfurt, for which he is the permanent rapporteur. He is also a substitute Member of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee and the temporary Committee on the Financial Crisis. Skinner is active on many campaigns and remains involved with the Animal Welfare Intergroup as well as more directly with Animal Aisa.

Mr Skinner has held positions on the steering committee of the European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum since 2007, for two years as Chair, and since 2009 as Vice-Chair. The forum is a platform “promoting effective dialogue between the financial industry and MEPs and contributing to a greater understanding of financial services issues”