Pascal Leardini

• Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Operating Officer of the European Commission (current, since 1.5.2019)
• Director in charge of Institutional and Administrative Policies, Secretariat-General of the European Commission (2016-2019)
• Director in charge of the Relations with the other Institutions, Secretariat-General of the European Commission (2014-2016)
• Head of unit for the European Constitution, then Head of unit for Strategic Planning and Programming, then Head of unit for Corporate Management, budget and administration, Secretariat-General of the European Commission (2005-2015)
• Head of unit for Interinstitutional Relations, Application of EU law and Strategic Planning and Programming, Directorate-General for the Internal Market and Services, European Commission (2004-2005)
• Assistant to the Director General, Directorate-General for the Internal Market and Services, European Commission (1999-2002)
• Different positions of Desk Officer in DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission (1994-1999)
• Worked in the private sector (1988-1994)
• Member of the cabinet of the Minister for Internal Affairs and then of the cabinet of the President of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies (1987-1988)
• Master in European Law (College of Europe, Bruges)

Master's Degree in Law (Catholic University Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium