Luca Perego is the Head of Unit “Innovation and EIT” in the Directorate General for education, youth, sport and culture of the European Commission. The unit contributes to reinforcing the knowledge triangle between education, business and research. It is in charge of identifying and promoting excellence and innovation in education and research.  

He is an electronic engineer with 25 years of experience in private and public sector management. He joined the European Commission in 2010 after having held the Information Technology department of an Italian insurance group.  

He set-up and launched the new Eur-Lex at the Publications Office of the European Union and then he worked as Assistant to the Director General for education, youth, sport and culture from 2015 to 2019. Born in Verona, Italy, he is trilingual Italian, French and English.