Almorò Rubin de Cervin graduated in economics from the Bocconi University in Milan. Before joining the European Commission, he gained some experience as a journalist and politician in Italy. He has also worked as government official in Italy and at the OECD in Paris. He joined the European Commission in 2000. He has worked in DG Enterprise on industrial policies and SMEs and in DG Competition, in particular in the area of State aid control. Since 2010 he has been working on financial services policies. For a number of years he has been working on policy coordination, on international issues and on macro prudential policies. Since 2020, he is Head of Unit for Bank regulation and supervision in DG FISMA.