Recital 38

(38)A CSD should have a chief risk officer, a chief compliance officer, a chief technology officer, as well as a risk-management function, a technology function, a compliance and internal control function, and internal audit function. A CSD should in any case be able to organise the internal structure of those functions according to its needs. Different persons should fulfil the roles of chief risk officer, chief compliance officer and chief technology officer given that those functions are usually fulfilled by persons with different academic and professional profiles. In this respect, the provisions set out in this Regulation closely follow the system established by Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and the Council ² for other market infrastructures.