Cristina Lobillo Borrero holds a Law degree and has completed postgraduate studies in Economics, European Union Law, and Management and Leadership at ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles), the Spanish Diplomatic School, the European Commission, and Harvard Business School.
Since 2004, she has been an official of the European Commission, where she has worked on Agriculture and Trade policies. From 2014 to 2019, she served as Head of Cabinet to former Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete.
From December 2019 to June 2020, she was Senior Adviser in the Directorate-General for Agriculture, and from June 2020 to 2022, she was Director for Energy Policy at DG ENER of the European Commission. In this role, she was heavily involved in preparing legislative proposals for the “Fit for 55” package. Her responsibilities also included overseeing the EU’s international energy relations, coordinating with Member States and EU institutions, and managing communication, legal, and economic aspects of EU energy policy.
Since June 2022, she has served as Director of Directorate F: Energy Security and International Relations at DG ENER.
Before joining the European Commission, Cristina worked in the Spanish Administration and at the Universities of Córdoba and Alcalá de Henares
