Giulia Bertezzolo is Head of Unit of the European Commission in charge of the reunification of Cyprus.
She is an official of the European Commission since 2011, where she has been policy assistant to the Director General of the Directorate-General for Reforms. Previously she worked on financial services, free movement of capitals, food safety and medicinal products. She led important strategic projects, represented the European Commission in International and European fora and dealt with the organisation and management of European Agiencies.
Before becoming an official of the European Commission, she worked in Rome and Verona as attorney specialized in EU and administrative law. From 2018 to 2019 she has been Secretary General of the Italian Financial Market Authority (CONSOB).
Ms Bertezzolo holds a doctoral degree in EU and Comparative Administrative Law (2006) and in 2008 she completed post-dotoral program on EU and international financial regulation at the Jean Monnet Centre of the New York University (USA).
She taught at the University of Trento and the University LUISS Guido Carli of Rome. She has cooordinated serveral research projects of the Trento Law School and the Istituto di Ricerche sulla Pubblica Amministrazione (IRPA) of Rome.
Ms. Bertezzolo published many articles in Italian and international reviews on reforms, financial regulation, organisation and management of administrative bodies, gender equality, litigation and free movement.
She speaks fluently English and French.