Elena Schneider joined I4CE’s Europe programme in 2025. Based in Brussels, she focuses on European green industrial policy and cleantech.

Previously, Elena worked on green industrial policy at Europe Jacques Delors and contributed to strategic analyses of the European Green Deal at IDEA, the internal advisory service to the President of the European Commission.

Elena holds a Franco-German dual degree in European Governance, specialising in climate policy, from Sciences Po Lille and University of Münster.

Her working languages are English, French and German.