Luisa Perrotti is currently Head of European affairs and international relations at the Italian Transport regulation authority, ART.

She joined ART in September 2013, at the time of its establishment, and has been Head of cabinet and Head of institutional and international affairs until October 2020.

Before serving in different capacities at the Italian ministries of infrastructure and transport, economy and finance and foreign affairs, as well as at the independent surveillance authority on public contracts, she held lecturing and research positions at various academic institutions in the UK (LSE), France (Insead) and Italy.

Earlier still, upon graduating in law at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, where she also received a master’s degree in Comparative Law, she qualified as a barrister and practiced both independently and as corporate lawyer (Olivetti SpA).

She holds a DPhil in Politics from Oxford University and a diploma from ENA-Strasbourg, where she joined an international programme (CIC – Promotion “Marco Polo”).

She has written and published in the areas of administrative law, public policy and regulation.