ECB Board member Piero Cipollone speaking Friday, not on monetary policy

European Central Bank Board member Piero Cipollone is speaking at 0730 US Eastern time/ 1130 GMT:

• on a panel at the Ukraine Recovery Conference
• topic ' Integration of the Ukrainian Financial Sector into the European Internal Market'

Seems very unlikely to include his thought on the economy or monetary policy. Which is not really what he does at the Bank anyway:

• responsible for the Directorate General International and European Relations, the Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments and the Directorate Banknotes
• chairs the Eurosystem High-Level Task Force on Digital Euro, the Euro Retail Payments Board and the Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial Infrastructures

Its not like he is inexperienced on the economy or monetary policy:

• before joining the ECB, Cipollone was Deputy Governor of the Banca d’Italia

Earlier re the ECB:

• HSBC says the ECB could shy away from rate cuts even if the euro keeps strengthening