José Leandro
‎Director, Policy, Strategy and Coordination, European Commission, DG ECFIN,
José Leandro is currently Director for Policy, Strategy and Co-ordination at the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission.
He has been an Adviser to President Juncker, responsible for the preparation of The Five Presidents' Report on completing Europe's Economic and Monetary Union.
Between 2010 and 2014 he was Principal Advisor for economic affairs in the cabinet of the President of the European Council (Mr H. Van Rompuy).
He has also spent a large part of his career working on development economics, notably as Senior Economist at the World Bank.
Featured work
Stability of EMU and prospects for fiscal union
How can Europe make progress with EMU and move towards a Fiscal Union?
Adjustment in the Economic and Monetary Union
This event will look at shocks and adjustment in the euro area in the light of recent crises and analyse the functioning of a key internal adjustment