Our team
Alexandre
Alaphilippe
Executive Director
Gary
Machado
Managing Director
Roman
Adamczyk
Research Coordinator
Thomas Grandjouan
Advocacy Coordinator
Maria giovanna sessa
Researcher
Ana
ROMERO-VICENTE
Researcher and Project Officer
Claire PERSHAN
Policy Coordinator
Our board
Tony
O'brien
President
Tony is PayPal’s Senior Director of Customer Solutions in EMEA. He is responsible for overseeing world class sales and service delivery to PayPal customers and leading Paypal teams all over Europe. Prior to Paypal, Tony worked as Deputy Executive Director of the European Emergency Number Association and as Director for CCMA Ireland.
DianA
Wallis
Board Member
From 1999 to 2012, Diana served as a member of the European Parliament, and particularly, as a leading member of the Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee. In 2007, she was elected to serve as Vice President of the European Parliament with specific responsibility for Transparency and Access to Documents. Diana played a key role in negotiating with the European Commission for the joint Transparency Register for lobbyists and others. Since resigning as an MEP, Diana has continued her activities in the European legal field and practices as a mediator and arbitrator.
Gregory
Rohde
Board Advisor
Gregory has more than 25 years of proven accomplishments in the technology industry as an entrepreneur and a leader in the field of emergency communications. He is the founder of e-Copernicus, which helps technology companies enter new markets, grow their businesses, and secure funding. Prior to e-Copernicus, Gregory worked as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under President Bill Clinton. He was also a senior aide to U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan handling all matters under the jurisdiction of the Senate Commerce Committee, working on several pieces of landmark legislation including the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the Internet Tax Freedom Act.