Roberto Crespi is Team Leader for legal and financial matters in the Sanctions Unit of the Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA), European Commission. Within the team, Roberto monitors legal aspects concerning the designing and implementation of several EU sanctions regimes, including Russia and Syria as well as cross cutting aspects such as interplay between sanctions and food security.

Prior to that, Roberto worked as a lawyer in international law firms in Italy, United Kingdom and Belgium.