FortyEight Brussels
FortyEight Brussels is a consultancy boutique specialised in advising companies operating in the energy markets.
FortyEight Brussels is unique among public affairs consultancies in combining a comprehensive understanding of the energy markets with distinctive insight into the policy environment.
We are a company composed exclusively of Senior Partners with an exceptional track record in business development and in European regulatory affairs, at EU and Member State level. At FortyEight Brussels we understand the processes, the dynamics, and the impacts.
We support our clients’ strategies by anticipating policy and regulatory trends in a timely fashion, providing the intelligence needed to optimise investment decisions.
In serving our clients’ interests we are led by our core values:
We have a high regard for confidentiality and discretion and don’t publicise our work for our clients.
We do not bend reality for short-term gains as we always speak the truth as we see it.
We adhere to the highest ethical standards and respect the strongest transparency requirements when engaging with the Institutions.
MANAGING PARTNER
Francesco Gazzoletti
Francesco, an Italian national, has more than 20 years of experience in Government Affairs and business intelligence. He started his career as a Consultant for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, playing an important role in the negotiations of the Nice Treaty. He headed Public Affairs Offices of different international companies in Asia and Europe. Throughout his career he led complex advocacy campaigns in India, France, Italy, Eastern Europe and in Brussels. An EU affairs practitioner for the last 15 years, he is specialised in Energy, Climate and State Aid Policies.
MANAGING PARTNER
Simone Mori
Simone has more than 30 years of experience in Policies, Regulation, and Environment within the energy and infrastructure sectors. From 2007 onwards, he held various Senior Management positions at Enel, where until 2023, he managed Enel's operations in Russia, Romania, Slovakia, and Greece. He also led Enel's Brussels Office. He is Member of the Board of Bruegel in Brussels and was President of the Association of Italian Electricity Companies from 2014 to 2020. He is a lecturer on Economics and Management of Energy Sources at Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome.
E MAIL
sm@fortyeight.brussels
MOBILE
+32 495 51 72 52
Tomás Llobet
Tomás, a German and Spanish national, brings 20 years of hands-on EU affairs experience and extensive expertise in issue management and advocacy. He gained a valuable insider experience of the EU institutions working in the European Parliament. He spent years as a senior Consultant dealing with EU transport, climate, and energy policies. He has been Strategy Director since 2014 for the Conseil de Cooperation Economique, a Paris-based association under the patronage of the Governments of Fr ance, Italy, Portugal and Spain, acting as an advisory board for National Governments and the EU institutions.
Andrei Marcu
Andrei, a Canadian national, has been active in business and public policy formation for over 25 years, both at the national level, and internationally. One of the corporate sector pioneers in climate change, greenhouse gas (GHG) markets and related areas of sustainable development, Andrei has worked in senior positions in the electric power sector, was the Founder and President & CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), CEO of the Bluenext carbon exchange in Paris, and Head of Regulatory Affairs at Mercuria Energy Trading in Geneva. He has also worked in, and with international organisations, including UNDP, World Bank and UNFCCC.