André Sapir is Senior Fellow at Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory (Bruegel). He is a Professor of Economics at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where he holds a chair international economics and European integration.

Between 2001-04, he was an Economic Adviser to European Commission President Romano Prodi and the Chairman of the High-Level Study Group appointed by him that produced the 2003 report “An Agenda for a Growing Europe”, widely known as the “Sapir Report” and published by Oxford University Press in March 2004.

Mr Sapir is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). In addition, he is a member of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso's Economic Policy Analysis Group. He is a founding Editorial Board Member of the World Trade Review, published by Cambridge University Press and the World Trade Organisation.

Mr Sapir holds a PhD in Economics from The Johns Hopkins University.