Anna Canato is the Head of the Education and Public Research Division (EPR) within the European Investment Bank's Innovation and Competitiveness Department. The EPR Division provides the technical assessment and ongoing monitoring of EIB’s financed projects in the area of education, higher education, and public research infrastructures, across all of the EIB’s geographies. Anna Canato has previously worked in the field of higher education, change management, and innovation, both in consulting and in business schools across Europe. Before joining the EIB she was a Management Professor and Director of Research in a French Business School. Anna holds a PhD in Management from Bocconi University.