Leonardo Quattrucci is a visiting fellow with GMF Technology. He teaches management of new technologies at Sciences Po in Paris, and advises governments and startups on strategy, geopolitics, and technology.

Quattrucci’s career spans the public sector and the technology industry. He was a member of the European Political Strategy Center, the in-house think tank advising the European Commission president. At Amazon Web Services (AWS), he was head of technical programs at the Center for Quantum Networking, where he started a first-of-its-kind Harvard-Amazon partnership on quantum technologies. He also established the UN’s global account at AWS and the joint AWS-UN response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He joined Amazon to launch the Amazon Web Services Institute, an executive education program that assists governments with digital transformation, in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Quattrucci has advised the European Commission on AI adoption and Ephos, a chip maker backed by the EU Chips Act, on scaling strategy. His work has been recognized by Forbes Magazine, the BMW Foundation, Schmidt Futures, the World Economic Forum, and the Aspen Institute. He holds a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Oxford.  

Colas Richard is a Brussels-based program coordinator with GMF Technology. He focuses on digital and technology policy in the EU and the United States, including that impacting AI, platform regulation and industrial policy. He also contributes to projects related to transatlantic technology dialogue.
Richard holds master's degrees in transatlantic affairs from the College of Europe and Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and in European affairs from Sciences Po Bordeaux. He also holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Sciences Po Bordeaux. He previously served in the office of the deputy mayor of Paris, where he helped organize the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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