Education
Sciences Po; University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.
Sciences Po; University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.
Since January 2014 Ristori is director-general of the Directorate-General for Energy within the European Commission. In 1973 Ristori became a Bachelor of Law (LicenciƩ en Droit) and gained a Certificate in International Studies from the University of Nice. In 1975 he became a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies of Paris.
Ristori entered the European Civil Service in 1978 when he became Assistant to the Director-General, Assistant to the Director at the Personnel and Administration Directorate-General (Directorate General ADMIN).
In 1990 he became Head of Division in charge of Transnational cooperation between SMEs at the Directorate-General for Enterprise Policy (Directorate General ENTR). From May 1996 to December 1999 Ristori was the Director in charge of European Energy Policy at the Directorate-General for Energy (ENER).
From January 2000 to July 2006 he was the Director in charge of General Affairs and Resources at the Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (TREN). From 2006 tot 2010 he was the European Commission"s Deputy Director General for Energy and Transport, in charge of nuclear energy policy.
He was the Director General of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (December 2010-December 2013).
In January 2014 Ristori was appointed as the director-general of Directorate General Energy, succeeding Phillip Lowe.