The European Payments Council (EPC) manages the SEPA payment schemes, which are the rules underlying most of the euro credit transfers and direct debits in Europe. The EPC represents payment service providers (PSPs) on all European payment issues. Gijs Boudewijn is the Chair of EPC since 11 June 2025.
Prior to this role, he served as General Manager of the Dutch Payments Association, following his tenure as Deputy General Manager beginning on 1 February 2014. Earlier in his career, he was responsible for payments and security at the Dutch Banking Association.
Gijs has broad and deep experience in both domestic and international payment-related issues, including governance, regulation and innovation, competition law, and fraud prevention.
In addition to his current role as EPC Chair, he has also held the position of Chair of the EPC Legal Support Group. He was until recently also Vice-Chair of the Payment Systems Committee of the European Banking Federation and Vice-Chair of the European Card Payments Association.
Gijs has been actively involved in regulatory initiatives such as PSD2 and the Regulatory Technical Standards of the European Banking Authority.
He also represented the three ECSAs (EBF, EACB, ESBG), of the EPC SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG).
Additionally, he served as a member of the European Commission’s Payment Systems Market Expert Group until his retirement on 1 June 2025.
