Biografia
Bonifacio García Porras currently serves as the Head of the "Foreign Subsidies" Unit within the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship, and SMEs (DG GROW). In this role, he leads a newly established team responsible for the implementation of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation in the context of public procurement, ensuring a level playing field across the EU internal market.
Before assuming his current position, Bonifacio was head of unit responsible for SMEs policy within the European Commission and previously assumed the role as the European Union’s chief negotiator for the plurilateral Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) under the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework, where he played a key role in advancing international public procurement standards.
He holds a law degree from the University of Salamanca (Spain, 1992), where he also pursued studies in macroeconomics and microeconomics. He obtained a Magister Legum (LL.M.) in European Legal Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium, 1993). Bonifacio is a member of the Salamanca Bar and practiced European law for over seven years at leading Brussels law firms before joining the European Commission in 2000.
Throughout his career at the Commission, Bonifacio has held various high-level roles, including positions in the cabinets of Vice-President Loyola de Palacio and Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, with a focus on state aid, transport, and energy. He has also contributed to strategic areas such as the European Semester, public procurement, innovation, and communication, bringing a comprehensive and multidisciplinary perspective to EU policymaking.
Prossimi Eventi
CAIO - Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
CAIO - Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
Martedì 23 settembre si terrà il Chief AI Officer, il primo evento italiano dedicato alla responsabilità e all'implementazione dell'AI guidate dal Chief AI Officer a cura di iKN Italy.Nonostante la rapida accelerazione dell’AI, nel 2025 la governance resta una priorità strategica: il percorso verso un uso sicuro, trasparente e conforme è ancora in fase di definizione.I temi chiave di questa edizione saranno:Con il rischio di FOMO sull’AI, stiamo davvero comprando soluzioni senza una chiara comprensione dei benefici? L’Agentic AI è la svolta per l’ottimizzazione dei processi o l’ennesima buzz word? Se è vero che “gli USA inventano, i cinesi copiano e gli europei normano” siamo destinati a essere una potenza di seconda classe a causa dell’AI Act? Il valore dell’AI oggi è solo economico o è anche reputazionale? La soluzione più efficace è esternalizzare le competenze o portarsi on board il know how? PwC Italia è Main Sponsor dell'iniziativa.Interverrà Francesco Mesiano, Director PwC Italia, Artificial Intelligence dalle ore 08:45 alle ore 10:00 nel panel: Adozione dell'AI in azienda: come cambiano i ruoli e i flussi di lavoro?Agenda dettagliata e modalità di iscrizione sono disponibili al seguente link
Corso Applicativo DDMRP per la certificazione Demand Driven Planner Professional (DDPP)
Corso Applicativo DDMRP per la certificazione Demand Driven Planner Professional (DDPP)
PwC organizza un evento training online con l'obiettivo di far conoscere ai partecipanti la metodologia Demand Driven MRP e accedere al test per ottenere la certificazione Demand Driven Planner Professional (DDPP) del Demand Driven Institute http://www.demanddriveninstitute.comIl Programma è principalmente rivolto a professionisti in area:Operations & ManufacturingPianificazione della Supply Chain e LogisticaPlant ManagerNelle settimane successive al training, in caso di interesse da parte dei partecipanti e previa disponibilità dei dati necessari, sarà possibile applicare la metodologia al caso specifico della propria azienda tramite un Proof of Value.Istruttori: Ivan Lavatelli, Partner PwC Italia, Head of Core Operations - Global Lead of PwC DDMRP Practice and DDPP Master Instructor.Marianna Falcone, Director PwC Italia, Core Operations - Global Driver of PwC DDMRP Practice and DDPP Endorsed InstructorLuca Valletta, Manager, PwC Italia, Core Operations - DDPP Endorsed Instructor Il corso DDPP è offerto per questa sessione con il 20% di sconto, prezzo speciale di 1.000 € + IVA a partecipante anziché il costo standard di 1.250 €.Per saperne di più sulla metodologia Demand Driven MRP, sull'attività di Proof of Value e sul nostro approccio ai progetti: https://www.pwc.com/it/ddmrpPer informazioni e per iscrizioni: ivan.lavatelli@pwc.com, marianna.x.falcone@pwc.com, luca.valletta@pwc.com.
EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation – Advantage or Burden?
EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation – Advantage or Burden?
The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (EUFSR), introduced in 2023, allows the European Commission to investigate foreign subsidies either upon companies’ notification or ex officio. In this context, the Commission enjoys broad powers, including, e.g., the power to conduct dawn raids. Moreover, where the Commission identifies substantive concerns, it has a broad array of remedies at its fingertips. The conference, organised in partnership with ACC Europe, through the interactive and live exchange with policy-makers, regulators as well as with the business and legal community, will offer a unique opportunity to gain a clear view on the state of the art in this emerging regulatory area at the nexus of key topics, including international trade rules and policies, state aid, merger control, antitrust, national foreign investment control, and, more broadly, the functioning of the EU Single Market. Of relevance is the context of M&A transactions and bids in public procurement processes where companies, following entry into force of EUFSR, are required to notify and receive clearance prior to closing certain transactions or being awarded certain bids. The new requirements apply to EU companies with non-EU activities in the same way as to companies from other countries around the world. Legal, CFO, Tax, and top management teams need to be aware of implications for subsidies, acquisitions and public procurement processes to avoid being caught off guard and work closely together to ensure completeness and timely availability of data. Against this background, our panels will discuss key EUFSR compliance issues as to what expect from the current and future enforcement by the Commission and how to prepare for and run filing processes. Guidelines and insights will be provided on the specific challenges of the Global Foreign Financial Contribution Status, i.e. the extremely broad analysis and disclosure of foreign financial contributions received around the world which are not typically available through firms’ standard financial systems. Keynote speakers will be:Enrico Letta, former Italian Prime Minister and author of “Much More Than a Market”, the report on the future of the EU Single Market, published in April 2024 and commissioned by the Council of the European Union;Antonio Nicita, current member of the Italian Parliament, former Commissioner of the Italian Communication Authority and member of the EC Regulatory Scrutiny Board, Full Professor of Economic Policy, LUMSA University.The Conference panels will be held and moderated by senior officials of the European Commission responsible for enforcing the EUFSR, Industry leaders, in-house counsel, and academics.For further details please see the dedicated page.
