Mrs Veronica Lenzi holds a Ph.D. in Political Systems and Institutional Change from the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies of Lucca, Italy. Her research interests concern geopolitics of energy, structure and administrative reforms of regulatory authorities and international economy of energy. Prior to joining the Association of Mediterranean Energy Regulators (MEDREG) as Research and Scientific Manager, Dr. Lenzi has spent visiting periods at the Observatoire Méditerranéen de l'Energie (OME) and at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.