About
Antonio de Lecea is a senior advisor and academic in international economics and policy. He has served as international senior manager and diplomat over thirty-years in European Union’s policy-making and global economic and financial relations, based in Europe, the US, and Asia.
He is the co-author of Le Capitalisme contre les inégalités, published in March 2022 by P.U.F., a multidisciplinary assessment of inequalities and potential remedies simultaneously improving efficiency, equity, and stability.
His experience includes coordinating European positions in global fora to shape the international response to the global financial crisis and the reform of global financial institutions. He also advanced macroeconomic relations between Europe and strategic partner countries, and economic public diplomacy in the US during the European sovereign debt crisis.
As a manager, de Lecea steered EU pro-growth policy reforms and strategic improvements in compliance and budgetary management in the EU’s public service.
A. de Lecea holds a Ph.D. in Quantitative Economics, and a tenured Associate Professorship in Applied Economics and Public Finance. He has been a guest lecturer and keynote speaker at leading universities in the US (Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, Princeton, Georgetown, New York U., Cornell, among others, and Asia (National University of Singapore).
He lectures International trade political economy and governance, and international taxation. Other interests are 1) the interaction of Europe, the US, and Asia in the changing global economic governance; 2) the interaction of competition, regulation, and taxation policies for sustainable capitalism, 3) corporate citizenship and ESG, and 4) innovation in financial services and government to support inclusive growth.
Besides English, Spanish, and French he is fluent in Italian and understands Portuguese.
C-SPAN | Economy and Infrastructure, Global Infrastructure Panel

Comisión Europea en España | #FuturodeEuropa Sevilla | Entrevista a Antonio de Lecea
Comisión Europea en España | #FuturodeEuropa Bilbao | Entrevista a Antonio de Lecea
Princeton University | EU Integration and the Euro Area Crisis
The Center for European Studies (CES) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | EU advisor explains the link between austerity and growth
European Union Association | "Perspectives on the Global Financial Crisis and the State of the European Economy".
BYU Kennedy Center | The Euro Crisis and Beyond: What Does it Mean for the U.S.?

Carnegie | Will the Euro Survive?

Carnegie | The Euro Under Attack
The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) in Washington, DC and The Lisbon Council from Brussels | Growing the Transatlantic Digital Economy

Georgetown University

2016 Emerging Asia Economic Forum

2009 Asian Financial Forum

Kellow Innovation Network Global 2012: The Future of the Global Financial System

Miami Dade College Unites States European union Forum 2014

2010 Johns Hopkins SAIS
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2023 - Prix Turgot to the best book in French on financial economics
2022 - Prix Louis Marin of the Institut de France’s Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.
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International Institute of Public Finance
Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)