Pilar Soler was a Senior Economist at the Regulatory Unit, a role she has held since February 2015 to December 2018. Since January 2019 she moved to Regulation and Internal Control, in the Regulation unit. Her main responsibilities include monitoring all prudential bank regulations, particularly the recent Basel III reform, and their incorporation into the European legal order (through the revision of the CRR and the CRD). She also monitors the regulatory debate in relation to sovereign risk. Lastly, she follows new developments in the Capital Markets Union.

Before taking up this role Pilar worked as a senior consultant in the PwC Financial Regulation Unit, where she participated in wide variety of projects, mainly related to developing plans for bank recovery and resolution in different national banking entities.

Pilar has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Direction from the University Centre of Financial Studies (CUNEF). After receiving her degree, she took a civil service examination to become an inspector for the Bank of Spain.