Jeremy Jennings OBE

COBCOE Vice President & Honorary Treasurer
Member of the Council, British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium
Global Director, Regulatory & Government Relations, Ernst & Young

Jeremy Jennings is Ernst & Young’s Global Director for Regulatory & Government Relations. Prior to joining Ernst & Young in September 2002 he was a partner with Arthur Andersen where he worked for over 25 years. Since 1990 he has been based in Brussels, formerly as Andersen’s Head of EU Public Affairs.

Jeremy is responsible for monitoring regulatory issues and challenges for Ernst & Young across the globe but with a particular focus on the European Institutions where he has a wide range of personal contacts. He is also responsible for devising, implementing and/or coordinating appropriate lobbying initiatives that respond to the professional and regulatory challenges that impact Ernst & Young, in close cooperation with the other large accounting firms.

Jeremy is Chairman of the European Contact Group, representing the views of the six largest international accounting networks in Europe, and controls a network of regulatory partners of the six ECG member firms spanning some thirty-eight countries. In this capacity, he has been directly responsible for coordinating input to the European Commission and European Parliament in connection with the EU 8th Directive.

He is also a member of the Global Public Policy Committee of the Big 4 accounting firms, reporting directly to the global Chairmen and CEO’s of these firms.

He is also Chairman of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies in Belgium and a Vice-President of the Council of British Chambers of Commerce in continental Europe. He was awarded an OBE in the New Year Millennium honours for services to UK/Belgian trade.