<p>Fabrizio joined the Chief Economist Team at the Directorate General for Competition, European Commission, in January 2018, after obtaining a PhD in economics at Pompeu Fabra University in 2013 and working as an assistant professor of finance at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, from September 2013 to December 2017. As an economic analyst, he uses his expertise in finance and economics to assess the existence and compatibility criteria of State aid in sectors such as railways and aviation and instruments such as the IPCEI.</p>