Mark Dempsey

Mark is the EU advocacy lead for international human rights organisation ARTICLE 19. ARTICLE 19 is a global civil society organisation that works for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination. To protect free expression online, we advocate for pro-competitive solutions to dilute corporate power and guarantee diversity, openness, and fairness.

Based in Brussels, Mark oversees advocacy across a broad range of files where freedom of speech and access to information issues arise; files include inter alia, the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) as well as work on the European Commission’s Anti-SLAPPs Directive.

In the past Mark was Team Leader for the European Commission on a data protection project overseeing implementation of data protection legislation in non-EU states, with a focus on the Global South and Asia. Before Brussels, Mark was also a Regional Director for an US development finance non-profit managing teams across the Middle East (Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Egypt) over a 4.5-year stint and spent 4 years as an EU policy advisor in London for the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). He has an undergraduate degree in Economics & Finance and master’s degrees in European Economics and Public Affairs and Public Policy. He is currently taking a postgraduate in EU Competition law at King’s College, London