Chief executive of the CEPS, one of the leading independent European think tanks, managing a team of about 80.

He is specialised in financial regulation, European economic governance and single market issues and his recent publications cover EU health care sector policy, anti-money laundering, Russia financial sanctions, crypto-currency regulation and Europe’s geopolitical role.

Karel Lannoo holds a baccalaureate in philosophy (1984) and an MA in history (1985) from the University of Leuven, Belgium and obtained a postgraduate in European studies (CEE) from the University of Nancy, France (1986). He is fluent in Dutch, English, French and Spanish, with good notions of German