Massimiliano Dragoni

Senior Policy Officer European Commission

 

Massimiliano Dragoni was born in Milan, Italy. He studied political economy at Northwestern University in Evanston, USA and at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from IESE, Barcelona, Spain. He has worked at the European Commission since 1992 and has served in various directorates-general, including industrial policy, research and innovation, and international cooperation. He is currently in charge of the Startup Europe initiative and coordinates its implementation. He is the economist of the team on ‘Blockchain’ set up in 2018 by the European Commission and is responsible for measures in favour of SMEs operating in strategic and highly innovative digital sectors, including AI, IoT, Blockchain and Cybersecurity.