Upcoming events
On 2 October, IFIS invites you to the LUNCHEON CONFERENCE on "The End of the Age of Predictability: European Strategy and Leadership Amongst the Middle Power", with Karel Lannoo, CEO of CEPS, The Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.
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About the Speaker
Karel Lannoo
Founder & CEO, Matter Space and Defence
Karel Lannoo has been Chief Executive of CEPS since 2000, Europe’s leading independent European think tank, ranked among the top ten think tanks in the world, which has a team of about 80 persons.
Specialised in financial regulation, financial centre competition, European economic policy and single market issues. Recent publications include a book on ‘Understanding Europe’, a task force report on financial sector policy for the von der Leyen II Commission, and many articles and op-eds.
Karel is a regular speaker at hearings of EU, national and international institutions, at international conferences and in executive programmes. He directs studies for national, multilateral and private sector organisations. His writings regularly appear in media. Karel is a member of company and foundation boards, and of advisory councils.
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 from the University of Nancy, France (1986). He is fluent in Dutch, English, French and Spanish, with good notions of German.