Raffaele Liberali
Director for Energy

Directorate-General "Research"

Curriculum Vitae

Raffaele Liberali was born and educated in Rome, where he obtained a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering.

After different experiences in industry, he joined the European Commission in 1978, where he first worked as Scientific officer in Directorate-General « Energy ». He subsequently took up position as Assistant to the Director-General for « Credit and Investments », becoming Head of Unit for « Studies and new financial techniques » within the same Directorate-General in 1989. He then spent 5 years as Head of Unit in Directorate-General « Personnel and Administration ». In 1996 he moved to Directorate-General « Research » as Director for « Administrative and financial affairs ».

In 2001 he became Director for «The human factor, mobility and Marie Curie activities» within Directorate-General « Research », in charge of the implementation of human resources in research policies and of the Marie Curie actions.

In October 2006, he was appointed Director for Energy within the Directorate-General "Research". In this position he is in charge of the implementation of the Non-Nuclear Energy priority of the 7th Framework Programme, as well as the definition of political priorities and the coordination with Member States and research/industrial stakeholders in the field of non-nuclear energy technologies. This work is carried out in close cooperation with DG Transport and Energy.
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