A new effective governance for data sharing

Bruno Liebhaberg is Director General of the think tank Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE). He is also currently the chair of the EU Observatory on Online Platform Economy.

He was a professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles’ Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM ULB) from 1979 to 2018. Earlier in his career, he advised former European Commission President Jacques Delors on industry and R&D matters.

He holds a Master in Management Sciences from SBS-EM ULB and a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Richard Feasey is a CERRE Research Fellow and an independent consultant who advises clients in the communications industry.

In October 2017, he was appointed by the UK Business Secretary of State to the panel of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority and in October 2018 by the Economic Secretary of the Welsh Assembly to the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales.

He lectures at University College London and Kings College London.

He was previously the Public Policy Director of the Vodafone Group.

Nicholas Blades is Director of Regulation, Competition & Data Policy, responsible for a multi-disciplinary regulatory team based in Madrid, Brussels and London.

His regulatory responsibilities include sector regulatory frameworks, spectrum policy and specialist economic analysis, while his competition and data policy functions span mergers and competition law policies, copyright, data privacy and audio-visual media services.

He joined O2 UK in 2004 and has undertaken a variety of regulatory and management roles within the business, always with a strong strategic focus.