Léo J. Portal – CEO

Léo J. Portal is Ph.D. candidate in Political Sciences at the European University Institute. He is currently working closely with local administrators and policy makers. His research focuses on the links between technological innovation and public administrations, more specifically on the development of European smart cities and their consequences on social issues. He also works as strategy and communication consultant for politicians and think tanks.

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Gwendal Combot – DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Gwendal Combot is a graduate of Applied Mathematics at the University of Montréal and the University of Paris Saclay. He is a specialist in Economic and Financial Big Data, he works for a major French bank on complementary mathematical analyses. In this capacity, he is a researcher at UNSW Business School.
Due to his extensive knowledge of Russian and Lithuanian, he is required to supervise the work carried out by Blue Europe on Baltic countries and Ukraine.

Pawel M. de la Bassetière –  HR

Paweł M. de la Bassetière is specialized in business cycles and entrepreneurial economics: he holds degrees of Economics, Finance and International Business from the University of Poznan.
He is currently working as technology consultant specialized in Digital & Agile Transformation for a global professional services company.
His work brings him to exchange in Polish, English, French, Portuguese, Italian and Russian almost daily. He heads the Blue Europe expert committee on Poland and Central Europe.

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Grzegorz Wiśniewski – RELATIONS

Grzegorz Wiśniewski has a doctorate in Economy from the Uniwersytet Jagielloński. He specializes in the effects of public policies in the primary and secondary sector both at national and European level. Grzegorz Wiśniewski is above all a successful entrepreneur in international events, logistics and transportation organization.
He is in charge of the Observatory of Public Policies of the European Union and manages institutional relations for Blue Europe.

Christopher Cockshaw 

Christopher Cockshaw is a graduate of King’s College (London) and Sciences Po (Paris) with experience in policy-making, digital innovation strategies and think tank research. He is a specialist in public affairs advocacy and intra-EU relations, his work on the economic and diplomatic ties binding Central European countries with East and West is informed by a background in German regional power as well as further studies in corporate communication.

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Henrique Horta

Henrique Horta graduated from Lisbon’s ISCTE-IUL University and holds a master in International Relations, with a thesis focusing on Ukraine’s accession to the EU.
Having gathered knowledge of demography, political science and history through his academic studies, he is an expert of population sciences.
Henrique Horta also speaks Portuguese, Spanish, French and English.

Paul Sapriel

Paul Sapriel is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and HEC. He has experience in private equity funds and corporate finance consulting firms. He currently works in a corporate strategy consulting firm specializing in long-term growth. His clients are at C-level of major European and international groups, as well as managers of small, mid and large cap private equity firms.

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Andrea Bogoni 

Andrea Bogoni is an alumnus of Business and Economics at the University of Bergamo, specializing in finance and international markets.
His interests in geopolitics have led him to deepen his knowledge of the matter, cooperating with various Italian based study centres and think tanks. He has won the 2021 Blue Europe “Konrad Adenauer & Alcide de Gasperi” contest, with an article about the tensions in Ukraine.
He is currently writing an essay about the compared thought of Mackinder and Mahan.

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Marceli Hazla

Marceli Hazla is a doctoral student at Poznań University of Economics and Business and a postgraduate student at Adam Mickiewicz University in the field of international relations. He is an author of several scientific publications and speeches at conferences in the field of global economy and sustainable development, as well as a columnist in “Parkiet Gazeta Giełdy”. Holder of a stockbroker’s licence and a European banking certificate, he gained his professional experience working as a financial analyst. His current research interests include global economy, sustainable development and sustainable finance.

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