ECB rebuked for Mario Draghi's links to bankers' club
G30 meets privately and includes financial-sector representatives such as BlackRock, JPMorgan, Credit Suisse and UBS
claire jones and jim brunsden
18.01.2018
An EU watchdog wants the European Central Bank (ECB) to ban Mario Draghi, its president, and other senior officials from an exclusive club of global financiers, saying the links could erode belief in the institution's independence.
Emily O’Reilly, the European Ombudsman, said Mr Draghi's membership of the Group of Thirty club of leading central bankers and senior figures from the private sector, "could undermine public confidence" and "constitutes maladministration."