In 2005, she attended BPP Law School (Holborn, London), where she was awarded a distinction for the legal practice course. Dr Wilcox holds a Master’s Degree in Commercial Law (LLM) from the University of Cambridge (2006) and a doctoral degree from the University of Vienna (2014), for which she won the Dr Maria Schaumayer-Stiftung prize (2015) and the Verband österreichischer Banken und Bankiers (The Association of Austrian Bankers) prize (2016). Her thesis, ‘A Company’s Rights to Damages to Non-Pecuniary Loss’, is published with Cambridge University Press. Among other things, Dr Wilcox is a Fellow of the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law (ECTIL, since 2009) and is an Honorary Professor of Yantai University Law School (China, since 2015). She lectures at the University of Vienna and has held positions at other universities in Austria and abroad.

'It is a great pleasure and honour for me to announce that I shall serve as the new Secretary General of the ELI from May 2017. The ELI is an oasis in which legal professions from distinct quarters and perspectives can come together in the hope of improving the quality of European Law. In my role as Secretary General, I am committed to maintaining the ELI’s standing by encouraging and intensifying its ongoing activities and fostering new long-term partnerships. I look forward to personally connecting with the ELI’s Bodies and Members and very much welcome your comments, feedback and ideas.'

- Dr Vanessa Wilcox