Oxera is pleased to welcome Dr Sergio Lugaresi as a Senior Adviser.

Sergio specialises in financial economics and regulation. He is currently an adviser at the Italian Banking Association and a member of the Banking Stakeholder group of the European Banking Authority, and sits on the Panel of Experts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

He was previously a consultant at the World Bank in Rome, and before that Head of Regulatory Affairs at UniCredit S.p.A. and Chief Economist at Capitalia and Banca di Roma. He has also held management positions at the Italian Statistical Office (ISTAT) and worked as an economist at the IMF and the Italian Institute for Economic Planning.

Sergio holds a PhD in Political Economics from the University of Modena, Italy, and has published on economic and monetary policy, fiscal policy and income redistribution.