Imperial College London
Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School, he is also an Adjunct Professor at the Norwegian School of Economics. Previously, he taught at the London School of Economics, in Rome "Tor Vergata", at Telecom ParisTech/Ecole Polytechnique and in Turin. He holds a magna cum laude degree in Engineering and a Masters and PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics. He has been expressing his opinions on the Draghi Report on various platforms and events, offering a critical analysis of the document.
President of the Biodiversity Chair of the Infrastructures of Portugal and Professor of Biodiversity Conservation at iDiv - German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research in Halle-Jena-Leipzig. He was a lead author of the Global Biodiversity Outlook 4, is the Chair of the Biodiversity Observation Network of the Group on Earth Observations, and one of the Coordinating Lead Authors of the IPBES Scenario Assessment.
A native of Luxembourg, he has been Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) since February 2023. From 2016 to 2023, he was Director-General of the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). With extensive experience in European affairs, he joined the European Commission in 2007 as Chief of Staff to the Commissioners responsible for Regional Policy and, later, Budget.
