Sofia Bournou — Senior Adviser

Sofia Bournou joined BusinessEurope's International Relations department in July 2011. She is responsible for EU-China relations, relations between the EU and neighbouring countries (Eastern Partnership, South-Mediterranean and accession countries) as well as EU-Central Asia relations. She is also responsible for economic security, including FDI screening, export controls, anti-coercion and international aspects of raw materials policies. Her responsibilities include sanctions regimes and WTO issues. Before joining BusinessEurope, she completed a traineeship at the European Parliament Committee on Regional Development (September 2010 – February 2011) and, as a part of her bachelor studies, internships at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate for Latin America and the Caribbean (September - December 2007) and the Ministry of Development, Section for Energy (January 2008 – April 2008). She graduated in 2010 from the London School of Economics with a Master of Science in local economic development and from the University of Piraeus in 2008 with a Bachelor degree in international and European studies, major in international and European economics. Sofia is Greek and speaks English and French fluently.