The Director General is responsible for establishing the positions taken by the Bureau of European Policy Advisers.

Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA)

In 2010, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Bureau of European Policy Advisers by Commission President José Manuel Barroso.

He worked in the Bureau of European Policy Advisers of the European Commission as the Head of the European Dialogue from 2010 to mid October 2012.

The Bureau of European Policy Advisers is a department of the European Commission, reporting directly to the President of the European Commission and under his authority.

I now see that even within the European Commission itself, the head of the Bureau of European Policy Advisers, Mr Sidjanski, also speaks for the Latsis Foundation. Thank goodness for !

In February 2011, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, appointed him as a principal adviser and head of the analysis team at the Bureau of European Policy Advisers, the president's personal think-tank.

In 2006 he moved on to become Principal Adviser to the President of the European Commission, leading a team of economists and experts in the Bureau of European Policy Advisers advising on the economic and social challenges facing Europe.

Vítor Gaspar (born 9 November 1960) was an adviser to the Bank of Portugal since February 2010, having been from 2007 Director-General at the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (ERI) with the President of the European Commission.