Biographical Note
Leonardo Meeus is Part-time Professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and Professor of Energy Markets at the Vlerick Business School in Brussels, Belgium. He is also a Visiting Professor at the KU Leuven.
Leonardo is a Commercial Engineer with a PhD in Electrical Engineering, both from the KU Leuven. During his PhD, he was involved in setting up the first international electricity market on the European continent. He also studied electricity highways, which led him to Ireland to work for a project developer. By working with the relevant authorities in Ireland and the UK, he gained expertise in infrastructure regulation.
In 2008, he then joined the Florence School of Regulation at the European University Institute. In Florence, he broadened his knowledge on regulatory issues, and led a team of researchers that advised the European Commission (DG ENER) on diverse energy policy topics (FP7 project THINK). Since 2012, he combines his position at the Vlerick Business School with the Florence School of Regulation.