Pierre Defraigne

Who is Pierre Defraigne?

Pierre Defraigne currently serves as Executive Director for the Brussels-based think-tank the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation.

From 1970-2005 he served as a European civil servant as Head of Cabinet for Etienne Davignon, Director for North-South Relations, Pascal Lamy's Head of Cabinet and Deputy Director-General at DG Trade, European Commission. From 2005-2008 Defraigne also established and managed the Brussels-branch of the Institut français des relations internationales.

Pierre Defraigne is also Professor of economics at the Institutes for European Studies and at the College of Europe, Bruges, and is a Visiting Professor at Zhejiang University, China.