Valerie Urquhart

Valerie Urquhart is the head of Euroclear, a Belgian financial services company that specializes in the settlement of securities transactions and the holding of securities for clients. Recently, she has been in the news due to Euroclear's readiness to defend itself in Russian courts against claims made by the Central Bank of Russia regarding the blocking of Russian assets in Belgium. The situation arises amidst ongoing discussions in the European Union about the potential use of frozen Russian assets to fund aid for Ukraine.