Allison Parent is the Executive Director for the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA). She oversees the development and execution of GFMA’s priorities, helping to provide a collective voice on behalf of global financial institutions to support global capital markets and broader economic growth. Allison also serves on a number of public sector advisory roles, including as a member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Advisory Forum on Format for Cyber Incident Reporting, the Affiliate Members Consultative Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and the Digital Markets Subcommittee of the Global Markets Advisory Committee at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Prior to joining GFMA June 2017, Allison was the Head of Global Regulatory Policy at Barclays. 2013 to 2015 Allison was Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel to the Bank of England. She led the Markets Directorate’s policy team on evaluating the impact of regulations on market structure and product offerings. In this role, she supported the efforts on the U.K. Fair and Effective Markets Review, the Bank of England’s response to the Capital Markets Union consultation, participated on Committee for Global Financial System working group, as well as serving as advisor on legal developments in the U.S. impacting global capital markets. Between 2005-2011 Allison served as General Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget responsible for advising on U.S. fiscal matters before Congress. During this period she was also an advisor on securities and banking matters during the financial crisis, contributing to the development and passage of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (TARP). Allison subsequently drafted and negotiated significant provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act and was budget counsel to The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.