Alberto Pototschnig

Alberto Pototschnig

Professor, Deputy Director

Florence School of Regulation

Alberto Pototschnig is part-time Professor and Deputy Director (World of Practice) at the Florence School of Regulation – European University Institute, where he has been affiliated since 2004. Alberto is also a Director of DFC-Economics, a consultancy providing independent economic and regulatory analysis and advice.

From 2010 to 2019 he served as the first Director of the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). Earlier in his career, he was a Partner at Mercados EMI, a Madrid-based consultancy (2005–2009), worked at the Italian Transmission System Operators (2003–2005), served as the first CEO of the Italian Electricity Market Operator (2000–2003), was Director of Electricity Regulation at the Italian Energy Regulatory Authority (1997–2000), and led the industrial economics practice at London Economics.

Alberto holds a Degree in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan and an MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics, University of London.