Head of Production Section in Directorate Banknotes
European Central Bank (ECB) __ Germany
Sylvain Calluaud graduated in General Engineering from the ESPCI Paris Tech, a major French institution of higher education. He started his career as R&D Engineer for the company BASF and moved to the Banque de France Printing Works in 1997 as Manager of the Central Laboratory.
In 2002, Sylvain joined the European Central Bank (ECB) to be involved in key projects related to the development of the second series of euro banknotes. Since 2013, he has been heading its Banknote Production Section, with responsibilities covering the coordination and monitoring of the euro banknote production, and of the Eurosystem security, quality, health & safety and environmental management systems.
Sylvain is the chairman of the Banknote Requirement Steering Group (BRSG), a sub-group of the Banknote Committee (BANCO) of the European System of Central Banks. In this context, he has been deeply involved in monitoring and managing the euro banknote supply chain during the COVID-19 crisis.
Panel __ Managing high security production and distribution in time of crisis
Since March 2020, government high security production operations have been challenged to carefully maintain production and the health of their employees. Join directors from the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the European Central Bank and the Bundesdruckerei to learn how they managed their organisations through the pandemic.