Dirk Bullmann is Managing Director, Public Policy, Strategy and Innovation, CEO Office, joining CLS in 2022. 

He is responsible for formulating and implementing our global public policy strategy and represents CLS on all aspects of policymaker engagement. He leads the CEO team in their coordination of corporate-strategy related activities. In addition, he heads up CLS’s innovation-based research on the relationship between tokenization and FX, while supporting internal innovation efforts, including the safe integration of AI.

Prior to joining CLS, Dirk spent over 20 years at the European Central Bank (ECB), where he held senior managerial and advisory roles. He led the ECB’s innovation team and innovation lab within the Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments, coordinating innovation activities across euro area central banks. He also served as Adviser to the ECB’s Chief Services Officer and Director General Market Infrastructure and Payments, and as Secretary to the Eurosystem Payment and Settlement Systems Committee.