Professor Chiara Zilioli has dedicated her entire working life to Europe. In 1989 she joined the Legal Service of the Council of Ministers in Brussels, in 1995 joined the European Monetary Institute preparing for the EC Monetary Union and in 1998 she joined the European Central Bank (ECB) as Head of Division in the Legal Services, where she has been Director General of the Legal Services since 2013, leading a team of 150 lawyers.
Chiara Zilioli holds a Law Degree with honours from Parma University, holds an LL.M. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from the European University Institute. In 2016 she was appointed Honorary Professor of Law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität in Frankfurt. She lectures at the Institute for Law and finance of that university, Master of Law in European law and policies (MELP) of the LUISS School of Law, and at the Collège Européen de Parme of Parma University, Italy. She has published numerous articles and 6 books.
Chiara Zilioli has been married to Dr. Andreas Fabritius for 32 years, and they have 4 children.