Hugo Coelho oversees research and advisory work on digital assets, artificial intelligence, big tech, and climate and technology.

Previously, he served as chief advisor to the President of the Eurogroup, where he was closely involved in negotiations on the Capital Markets Union, Banking Union, and other key financial regulations relevant to the Euro Area. In this role, he also contributed to the G7’s response to Libra and helped design the economic emergency package adopted during the pandemic.

In the private sector, Hugo was a Partner at Forefront, a political research firm, and later served as Director of EU Policy at Binance, a leading crypto-asset service provider. He began his career as a journalist and is the author of a critically acclaimed book on the Euro sovereign debt crisis.

Hugo holds a Master’s degree in European and Comparative Social Policy from the London School of Economics.

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