Elena Santiago Cid

Elena Santiago Cid is the CEN and CENELEC Director General since 1 January 2010. CEN and CENELEC are two of the three recognised European Standardisation Organisations supporting European Policies and Legislation. Moreover, Mrs Santiago Cid is also Vice-President at the Women4Cyber Foundation.

CEN and CENELEC, recognised Standardisation Organisations under EU Law, are leading providers of European Standards that are driven by business and made through a transparent, balanced and consensus-based process in which all relevant stakeholders, including societal interest groups and SMEs are involved. The organisations actively support international standardisation and cooperate closely with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in order to foster and promote European competitiveness in the global market.

Mrs Santiago Cid graduated in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and has 30 years’ experience in standardisation.