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Isabel Schnabel is a Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank since 2020. At the ECB, she is responsible for Market Operations, Research and Statistics.

She is on leave from the University of Bonn where she was a Professor of Financial Economics. Before joining the ECB, she was also a member of the German Council of Economic Experts, and in 2019 she was Co-Chair of the Franco-German Council of Economic Experts.

Isabel Schnabel studied Economics in Paris I, Berkeley and Mannheim, where she also received her PhD.

Romain Svartzman is Head of the Environmental Macroeconomics and Policy Unit at Bocconi University’s Institute for European Policymaking (IEP@BU), a Senior Executive Fellow at SDA Bocconi School of Management, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP, University College London). 

His recent and ongoing research includes: developing scenarios of ecological transition (including geopolitical factors, particularly with regard to critical metals) and assessing their macrofinancial implications; and exploring reforms of the international monetary and financial system/architecture through institutionalist and IPE (international political economy) approaches.

He completed his PhD in ecological macroeconomics at McGill University (Canada). He also holds a master’s degree in Finance from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and a degree in Economics and Law of Climate Change from FLACSO Argentina. 

Romain previously worked as: a senior economist for the Banque de France (until 2024); an environmental risk management officer for the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group); and an investor in 'green’ technologies for a French venture capital firm.  

Stefano Breschi is Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Invernizzi Center for Research on Innovation, Organization, and Strategy (ICRIOS) at Bocconi University. He obtained his PhD from the University of Pavia, and his MSc degree from MERIT, University of Maastricht.

Marta Dassù is a board member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. She is also a senior advisor for Europe at the Aspen Institute and editor-in-chief of Aspenia. Previously, she served as Italy’s deputy minister of foreign affairs. She is a regular contributor to the Italian newspaper La Stampa and the author of various books and essays. She sits on the board of directors of Istituto Affari Internazional and is a member of the strategic council of the European Policy Centre. In 2020, she was appointed as a member of the group of experts to support the NATO 2030 initiative and provide advice on how to further strengthen NATO’s political dimension.