Andrea Federico is head of the financial services, public policy practice in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Oliver Wyman. Since joining Oliver Wyman in 1998, Mr. Federico has predominately concentrated on the UK and Southern Europe, where he has built an extensive and thorough knowledge of governance, credit risk, planning and control challenges faced by the region's major players. In addition, since 2007, he has focused on regulatory and public policy issues, maintaining an active dialogue with regulators, industrial associations, ministries of Finance and State owned financial services companies in the region.