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Keith Sequeira

Head of European Innovation Council Unit, DG RTD, European Commission

Keith Sequeira

Keith is heads the Unit in DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission responsible for European Innovation Council (EIC), including support to the EIC Board, preparing the EIC work programmes, and overseeing the EIC Fund. From 2015 to 2019, Keith was senior advisor to Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for research and innovation, on open science and open innovation, including Horizon Europe, scientific advice to policy, and the European Research Council. He was previously in the Cabinet of the Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn and has worked in the European Commission on innovation policy, development and implementation of Framework Programmes, and public procurement of innovation.  He has previous experience in the UK government and a private company advising and investing in public private partnerships and spin-outs. Keith studied physics at Cambridge University and has a doctoral degree in innovation studies from the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the Sussex University.

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