Mieke de Regt is a senior advisor for European digital and telecommunications policy, working at the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU. During the Belgian Presidency of the Council (January – June 2024), she will chair the negotiations between the Member States at the relevant preparatory body within the Council.

Prior to her current position, Mieke de Regt worked at the Belgian regulatory authority for electronic communications (BIPT) as an economist, overseeing a broad range of developments in telecoms and digital regulation. During the period of 2020-2022, she had a leading role in the decision-making of BEREC (the European Body of Regulators for Electronic Communications). Mieke de Regt obtained a master’s degree in Economics and Philosophy at the University of Ghent and a postgraduate in Corporate Finance at the KU Leuven. Since 2020, she acts as a guest speaker at Maastricht University.