The BACC Team
BACC was launched by Leon de Graaf in June 2026. The team is starting small and building deliberately.
Leon de Graaf
Founder and Managing Partner
Leon has spent the last ten years working on EU energy, climate and industrial policy. Before founding BACC I led the heavy industry and power decarbonisation practice at #SustainablePublicAffairs, working with early movers in mining, iron & steel, cement, fossil-free hydrogen and clean power. Before that, I spent five years as the main climate and circular economy expert at BusinessEurope, where I coordinated the federation’s climate neutrality position and its annual delegation to the UN climate talks. I hold a master’s from the London School of Economics and get quoted regularly in Brussels-based as well as international media.
Contact: leon@bacc.eu
Davide Zampoli
Account executive
Davide joined BACC on 20 July 2026 and supports the Business for CBAM Coalition secretariat, member coordination and institutional engagement across the ETS1 and CBAM files.
He joins from FIPRA International, where he was the firm’s EU ETS and CBAM specialist. He ran an EU ETS campaign for a leading Nordic circular economy company on the inclusion of waste to energy, and one supporting a global soda ash producer on its ETS and CBAM priorities, designing a strategy to include glass and soda ash in the CBAM scope and engaging the Commission on the upcoming ETS revision. At FIPRA, he has also served on the secretariat of the Life Sciences Manufacturers Trade Association, supporting members in developing their positions on climate and chemicals policy and helping to grow the association’s membership. Before FIPRA, Davide was the EU Climate and Energy Policy Officer at InnoEnergy, one of the most active European investor in clean tech. He is fluent in English and Italian.
Contact: davide@bacc.eu
Emmanuel Mouhica
Junior consultant
Emmanuel joined BACC in October 2026, bringing experience in EU trade policy, industrial competitiveness and international economic affairs.
Before joining BACC, Emmanuel completed a Blue Book traineeship at the European Commission in the Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, where he followed developments in EU trade agreements and worked on European strategic autonomy. His work focused particularly on the resilience and security of supply chains in strategic sectors, including critical raw materials.
In previous years, Emmanuel gained experience across several institutions, notably at the Permanent Delegation of France to the World Trade Organization, the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the French Embassy in Portugal.
He holds a double Master’s degree in European Affairs and International Relations from Sciences Po Bordeaux and the University of Coimbra. French-Portuguese, he speaks French, Portuguese and English.
Contact: emmanuel@bacc.eu
Sayyid Al Murtadho
social media working student
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