Alicia is a Research Executive in the Food and Agriculture cluster at RPPA Brussels. She holds a Double Bachelor’s Degree in Laws and International Relations from IE University, and a Master’s Degree in International and EU Laws from Maastricht University. During her studies, she acquired thorough knowledge on the functioning of the EU and the international regime, coupled with an in-depth understanding of the EU agri-food policy and the sustainability framework.

Prior to joining Rud Pedersen, Alicia was a Policy Trainee at the Council of the EU for the unit working on Animal Welfare, Plant Health, Food and Forestry, within the Directorate-General of Agriculture, where she gained experience in stakeholders’ engagement, the development of the EU decision-making process and negotiation practices. She is also a Project, Research and Teaching Officer at the Institute for European Studies and the Centre of Research in Political Science at UCLouvain Saint-Louis in Brussels, where she is helping to implement the “EU Environmental Policies and Law” programme by assisting on its preparation, content and delivery of courses.

Alicia is a Spanish native speaker, she is fluent in English and she has an intermediate level of French.

Alicia del Pozo

Specialised in the EU agri-food policy and legal framework, Alicia contributes to the Food and Agriculture cluster at Rud Pedersen in Brussels by bringing a holistic approach.

Since she joined in February 2025, Alicia has been supporting companies and industry associations by conducting advocacy work on regulatory files and media communication strategies. Her recent projects include: assessing policy developments and risks related to crop protection, livestock emissions, animal welfare, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) and biofuels, coordinating a socio-economic impact assessment for the probiotics industry, creating a communication crisis campaign for food retailers, engaging with farmers to produce communication campaigns, and drafting advocacy tools and messages for agriscience companies. 

When she joined Rud Pedersen, Alicia was also a Project and Teacher Assistant at UCLouvain Saint-Louis in Brussels for the 2025 “EU Environmental Policies and Law” programme. Previously, she was a Policy Trainee at the Council of the EU for the unit working on Animal Welfare, Plant Health, Food and Forestry, within the Directorate-General of Agriculture. 

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