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Stéphane Ouaki

European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency, Head of Department

Speaker Bio

Stéphane is the Head of Department in the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency. Prior to that, he has been the Head of the Unit ´Financial Instruments´ at the EIC Task Force (European Commission, DG Research and Innovation). Before joining Directorate-General Research & Innovation, he was the Head of Unit for the Connecting Europe Facility and investment strategies in Directorate-General for Mobility & Transport. Beforehand, he was Deputy Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Vladimír Špidla, responsible for employment, social affairs, and equal opportunities (2004-2010). Previously, he was part of the Commission’s team negotiating with the Czech Republic its terms of accession to the EU (2001-03), and then moved on to be part of the team coordinating the enlargement strategy (2003-2004).