Leonardo is Deputy Director and Head of Scale-up Research at the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship. He develops various research projects and education programmes at local, regional and international level, focusing on start-up businesses, scale-up companies and innovation ecosystems. On top of that, he’s involved in applying for and managing European grant projects for international entrepreneurship education and capacity building. Leonardo previously worked as a business developer and international growth manager at one of the top 250 fastest growing scale-ups in the Netherlands, which has a presence in 400+ cities across Europe today.