Jean-Louis Colson is Head of Unit at the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission, in charge of road transport since 1 January 2021. He graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris. He joined the Commission in 1985 and was appointed Head of Unit in DG Competition in State aid control in 1997. He moved to DG Transport and Energy in 2008.