Joanna Bernard

Joanna Bernard joined the IESBA in 2024 as Senior Manager focusing on Standards Development & Technical Projects. She is currently involved in the Using the Work of an External Expert Project developing revisions to the Code to address the ethical behavior expected in reporting and assurance areas.

Ms. Bernard has a broad range of experience from her roles at the French Central Bank (Banque de France) and the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) where she engaged with ECB, EBA and EIOPA related matters, and monitored financial regulation developments coordinating meetings of international committees and institutions (FSB, BIS, G7 and G20). Before ACPR, she held roles in BNP Paribas legal departments at an international level. She also worked as a corporate lawyer with asset management companies and law firms.

Ms. Bernard holds a Master of Laws from Paris 2-Pantheon-Assas University along with a Master of Legal and Judicial Proceedings from the University Paris 1-Pantheon-Sorbonne, France. She also holds a Master of Laws from the University of Gdansk, Poland, as well as a European Law diploma, from the Institute of Political Studies of Toulouse, France.