Staff

Karel Lannoo Secretary General Phone: +32 (0) 2293 956 isabelle.tenaerts@ceps.eu

 Karel Lannoo (°1961) has been chief executive of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) since 2000 and senior research fellow since 1997. He is a member of the European Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (ESFRC) and has published widely on EU and financial regulation matters. He holds an MA in history from the University of Leuven, Belgium (1985) in and a postgraduate degree in European studies from the University of Nancy, France (1986). Karel Lannoo is an independent director of BME (Bolsas Y Mercados Espanoles), the company which runs the Madrid stock exchange.

Diego Valiante Researcher Phone: +32 (0)2 2293914 diego.valiante@ceps.eu

Diego Valiante joined ECMI and CEPS in March 2009. He holds a BSc degree in Economics and a two-year Master’s degree (MSc) in Law and Economics from LUISS – Guido Carli University in Rome. He is currently enrolled as a 2010 PhD candidate in Law and Economics at the same university. He also officially received a LL.M. Master in Law and Economics from the University of Hamburg, where he wrote his master’s thesis on the US subprime credit market. As a result of his interdisciplinary education, Diego’s research areas are in financial regulation and markets, as well as competition policy, corporate governance and contract law. He has published commentaries on legal judgements for a notable Italian Law Review and papers on specific areas of financial markets and services. He also worked as intern in the Public Authorities Division of a major investment bank in Canary Wharf, London.

Piero Cinquegrana Associate Research Fellow piero.cinquegrana@ceps.eu

 Piero Cinquegrana is an Associate Research Fellow at the European Capital Markets Institute based in Los Angeles, California. He holds a M.A. and a B.A. in International Relations from University of Bologna, Italy, where he specialized in International Political Economy, Monetary and Exchange-Rate Policy and Financial Markets. During his academic career he studied in France and the US, spending also a summer at a think tank within Columbia University. Piero speaks Italian, French and English.

Charles Gottlieb Associate Research Fellow charles.gottlieb@eui.eu

 Charles Gottlieb is Associate Research Fellow at CEPS and at the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the European University Institute and holds a DEA in Macroeconomics from the Sorbonne University, a Maîtrise in International Economics from Dauphine University as well as a Vordiplom from the Ludwig-Maximillian University in Munich. Charles brings into the team knowledge in econometric modelling as well as financial market experience from his previous internship in a Paris based investment bank.

Jean-Pierre Casey Associate Research Fellow jean-pierre.casey@ext.ceps.eu

 Jean-Perre Casey is Associate Research Fellow at CEPS and ECMI. He is at present Vice President at Barclays Wealth in London. He has published widely on MiFID, Asset Management regulation and Fixed income markets. He holds a Masters in European Economic Analysis from the College of Europe Bruges and a Bachelor in International Economics from Georgetown University.