Staff Member

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl

Director General of DIGITALEUROPE

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading digital technology industry association representing over 45,000 digital companies in Europe. 

She is a member of the European Commission’s Industrial Forum and High-Level Forum on European Standardisation. She is also a member of the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group of ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity). She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Gaia-X. 

Formerly, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl served as a member of the Advisory Group to the Secretary General of NATO on Emerging and Disruptive Technologies. She was also a member of the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, as well as a member of the B20 Digital Transformation Taskforce, a board member of the European Commission’s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the European Parliament-led European Internet Forum. 

In March 2023, Cecilia received the Ukraine Peace Prize on behalf of DIGITALEUROPE for its work supporting Ukraine during the war. 

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. She previously held international positions at IBM and Oracle as well as with SMEs, building businesses across Europe and China and founding the global SAP implementation company and cloud provider GlobeIT. She served as Board Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce and was President of the Board of the Danish ICT association (ITB).  

Staff Members

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl
Director General
Chris Ruff
Director for Political Outreach & Communications
Milda Basiulyte
Senior Director for Cyber, Infrastructure, Competitiveness & Digital Transformation
Ray Pinto
Senior Director for Vertical Strategy and Business Development
Constantinos Hadjisavvas
Director for Digital Resilience and Defence
Stephen Crisp
Senior Policy Director for Data Economy & Sustainability
Raphaëlle Hennekinne
Policy Director for Sustainability
Helena Lovegrove
Senior Director for Operations & Projects
Yann Finger
Director for Operations & Intelligence
Lasse Hamilton Heidemann
Senior Director for Outreach
José Martinez-Usero
Director for Projects
Vincenzo Renda
Director for Single Market & Digital Competitiveness
Omar Dhaher
Technical Associate Director for Standardisation & Compliance Policy
Julien Chasserieau
Associate Director for AI & Data Policy
Kivanç Akil
Associate Director for Events & Executive Coordination
Nikos Alpentzos
Senior Manager for Office & Member Care
Valeria Muggianu
Senior Project Manager
Marie Montaldo
Senior Research and Innovation Manager
Nathan da Silva Carvalho
Senior Research and Innovation Manager for Projects
Alberto Di Felice
Policy and Legal Counsel
Normunds Egle
Senior Manager for Infrastructure Policy & Member State Outreach
Samia Fitouri
Senior Communications Manager
Joël Guschker
Senior Manager for International Affairs & Trade Policy
Nataša Hemon
Senior Manager for Data Centres and the Green Transition
Hugh Kirk
Senior Manager for Consumer, IP and Platforms Policy
Rita Jonušaitė
Senior Manager for Cybersecurity & Cloud
Chiara Longobardi
Senior Project Manager
Regina Zawisza
Senior Manager for Member Relations
Tim Sollberger
Senior Manager for Sustainability Policy
Marta Pont Guixa
Senior Operations & Executive Manager
Irina Padure
Senior Finance Manager for Projects
Lourdes Gabriela Medina Pérez
Senior Manager for International Affairs & Trade Policy
Gianluca Violante
Senior Manager for Digital Health Policy
Giorgia Murgia
Manager for Sustainability Policy
Niels Selling
Senior Research and Innovation Manager for Projects
Diem Tran
Communications Manager and Area Coordinator for Projects
Béatrice Ericson
Manager for Data Economy & Privacy
Martina Piazza
Manager for Investments & Innovation
Irene Marinelli
Communications Manager for Projects
Laura Chaney
Manager for Executive Outreach
Adnán Leal
Communications Manager
Giulio Crisante
Manager for Audiovisual Production
Isabelle Grotard
Finance Expert
Bianca Manelli
Officer for AI & Data Policy
Wiktoria Orłowska
Communications Officer for Projects
Federica Tondo
Business Officer
Síofra Hendry​
Manager for Campaigns Coordination
Sid Hollman
Policy Officer for Cybersecurity & Digital Infrastructure
Alexia Papadimitriou
Research and Innovation Officer
Ginevra Santini
Communications Officer for Projects
Yaëlle Assous
Communications Officer for Projects
Clara Balestrieri
Intern for Investments, Compliance & Standardisation
Alper Tanrıverdi
Project Intern
Ernesto Cianchi
Intern for International Affairs & Digital Trade Policy
Alexia Cosmello Guisande​
Policy Manager for Member State Outreach
Katrin Saarep
Policy Officer for Data Centres
Francesco Alemani
Officer for Digital Sustainability Policy​
Patricia Gómez
Communications and Events support Intern
Antonela Bardhoku
Project Intern
Chiara Leggieri
Digital Sustainability Policy Intern
Giulia Lotti
Intern for Events & Member Relations
Leandra Voss
Digital Resilience & Infrastructure Policy Intern
James Milligan
Intern for Data Economy Policy
Michalis Vamvakouris
Digital Transformation Policy Intern
Yuliana Vázquez
Intern for Member State Outreach
Agnese Battista
Digital Health & Finance intern

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