Paolo Cesarini is Chair of the Executive Board of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and Programme Director for the European Media and Information Fund (EMIF) at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). He also collaborates as Senior Advisor at Teneo in Brussels (Belgium), a global CEO advisory firm providing counsel in management, strategy, and corporate communications.
Expert in media policies, Digital Single Market and EU competition law, Paolo Cesarini previously held management roles at the European Commission, namely in DG Competition, covering both the antitrust and State aid policy areas, and in DG Connect, where he led various initiatives addressing the technological transition of the European media industry, the interdependency of societal issues and digital media, online disinformation and the innovation gap between research, technology and culture.
Before joining the European Commission, he worked as member of the Legal Service at the International Labour Organisation in Geneva. He has also been teaching EU competition law at Siena and Montpellier Universities and is a frequent public speaker and author of various publications on EU competition and media laws.
Paolo holds a Master in International Law from Siena University and a LLM from the College of Europe, Bruges.
