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ject providing analyses and advice on interna-
tional trade and trade-related issues to the
European Parliament. He is also non-resident
senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for
Financial Studies (RDCY, Renmin University,
Beijing). He is an economist by training and
graduated at the University of Palermo. He got
a Master Degree and specialized in Economics
and International Relations (PhD level) at
Catholic University of Milan, where he was
awarded the prestigious “Premio Gemelli”. In
2011, he took part in the “International Visitor
Leadership Program” of the US State
Department. He has extensively published (arti-
cles and volumes) on EU policies and European
economic governance with Italian and interna-
tional publishers (e.g.
Global governance and
the role of the EU
, edited with Carlo Secchi and
published by Edward Elgar, London 2011).
Adrian Zelaia Ulibarri
is currently delegate
in the Consultative Commission on Industrial
Change/European Economic and Social
Committee (from 2010 to 2015 and from 2016
to 2020) and Executive President of EKAI Center
since 2009. He developed most of his profes-
sional carrier at MONDRAGON Corporación
Cooperativa (MCC), where he served as General
Secretary (1999/2010), Head of the Legal Affairs
Department (1989/2000), Presidency’s Secretary
(1988/1989) and Marketing Director of Caja
Laboral Popular (1985/1987). He also worked as
President of Mondragón Unibertsitatea-University
of Mondragón (1996/2000). Before joining the
business sector, he was lecturer at the Universidad
de Deusto and the Universidad Nacional de
Educación a Distancia (1985/1989). He is PhD in
“Capital in co-operatives” from the Universidad
de Deusto (Bilbao) and has a degree in Law and
Business, also from Universidad de Deusto
(Bilbao). He also published several books, the
more recent being:
Basque economy. Structural
challenges
and
Basque economy on the path to
democracy
, both published in 2016.