Michael Manz is head of the Financial System & Financial Markets division at the Swiss State Secretariat of International Finance (SIF). The responsibilities of his division include supporting and consulting the Swiss Federal Department of Finance and the Swiss government and preparing laws and ordinances in the field of financial market regulation, financial stability, financial innovation, combating money laundering and terrorism financing, and international monetary assistance. He represents Switzerland in various international workstreams and supports the membership of the Swiss Ministry of Finance in the International Monetary Fund, the Financial Stability Board and the Financial Action Task Force.