Leggi in italianoMatteo Leonardi is the Co-Founding Executive Director of ECCO.
Matteo is an expert in energy and environment with over 20 years of experience in decarbonisation policies, energy market regulation, the design and evaluation of incentive schemes for renewables and energy efficiency, innovative environmental mechanisms and tax reforms.
He began his professional career at the Association of Italian Renewable Energy Producers. From 2001 to 2005, he worked at the National Authority for Electricity and Gas on renewable energy incentive schemes and emission trading allowances allocation models. For AEEG, he was involved in the process of harmonising Lithuanian and Turkish energy regulation within the EU acquis and chaired the taskforce on environment for the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER).
Matteo has worked as a consultant for public institutions at the national level, international organisations, research agencies, the private sector, consumers and environmental associations. He has extensive experience in renewable energy capacity development in developing countries as a project manager and international consultant.
Matteo Leonardi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economic History on Environmental Responsibility of Energy Industries and a Master of Science in Environmental Technology-Energy Policy from Imperial College London.
