Position/Role

Acting Head of Unit, Recovery and Resilience Task Force, Secretariat General, European Commission

Professional career

Adelaide Mozzi is Acting Head of Unit at the European Commission's Recovery and Resilience Task Force, working under the leadership of President von der Leyen to implement Next Generation EU. She is responsible for the management of the unit in charge of Fiscal & Taxation matters, as well as the Recovery and Resilience Plans of Italy, Finland, Denmark and Latvia. Previously, she worked as Head of the Economic Sector of the European Commission’s Representation in Italy as well as at the European Commission's Directorate General for Competition in Brussels, dealing with mergers and acquisitions in various sectors, in particular the financial sector. Before becoming a European official, she worked in the Cabinet of President Mario Monti in the Senate, dealing with economic and European affairs, and in the New York State Parliament. Earlier in her professional career, she worked in the private sector for a strategy consulting firm in Milan. She holds an honors degree in economics from Bocconi University in Milan and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the State University of New York.

Scientific results

At the European Commission, she was mainly involved in the following activities:

- Assessment and coordination of competition cases, in particular in the field of merger control, contributing to the authorisation or prohibition of M&A transactions

- Analysis of the Italian economy and policy strategies in the context of the European Semester/Economic and Monetary Union

- Contribution to the evaluation and implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans by the Commission, including of Italy

- Coordination and communication on European economic policy dossiers.

Editorial work and publications

[2016] Mozzi A, Meregaglia M, Lazzaro C, Tornatore V, Belfiglio M, Fattore G. A comparison of EuroQol 5-Dimension health-related utilities using Italian, UK, and US preference weights in a patient sample. ClinicoEconomics and Outcome Research, 2016(8):267-274.