Tomi Huhtanen has been the Executive Director of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies since 2015. From 1999 to 2007, he was a Political Adviser and subsequently a Senior Adviser for the European People’s Party, mainly focusing on economic and social policy. He has provided analysis on a host of political issues for European and international outlets such as Euronews, the Hindustan Times, Deutsche Welle, the Financial Times, Le Monde, and Kathimerini. He speaks Finnish, Swedish, English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Greek and has basic knowledge of German.