Mr. Ante Žigman, PhD, has served as President of the Board of the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (Hanfa) since 2018. Hanfa oversees the entire non-banking financial sector in Croatia, including the regulation and supervision of capital markets, insurance, investment and pension funds, and virtual asset service providers.

At the European level, he is a member of the Board of Supervisors, the Management Board, and the Quality Control Committee of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), where he also chairs the Risks and Financial Stability Steering Committee. He is also a long-standing member of the Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and, as of July 2025, a member of its Management Board.

Before joining Hanfa, Dr. Žigman held several high-ranking positions in public administration, including Assistant Minister of Finance for Macroeconomic Analysis and Planning and later State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance. He also served as Vice President of the Croatian Parliament’s Fiscal Policy Committee (Fiscal Watchdog) and was a member of the EU Economic and Financial Committee’s Sub-Committee on EU Sovereign Debt Markets (ESDM). A significant part of his professional career was spent at the Croatian National Bank, where he worked in the Governor’s Office before assuming his current role.

In February 2024, he was reappointed for a second six-year term as President of Hanfa’s Board. Dr. Žigman is the author of numerous academic and professional papers in the fields of fiscal policy and finance and is actively engaged in teaching economics and finance.