Ruben Vermeeren (1981) is a Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Climate Action. He works on the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). Ruben has 12 years’ experience at the Commission and previously worked at the Directorates General for Energy and for Competition. Ruben started his career at the Dutch competition authority. He studied European Law, International Relations and Italian at the University of Groningen and Sapienza of Rome.