Neelie Kroes
Position: Vice President, European Commissioner for Digital Agenda
Neelie Kroes currently holds the position of Vice President of the European Commission and European Digital Agenda Commissioner.
She studied Economics at Erasmus University, where she worked for six years as an Assistant Professor after finishing.
Her political career started on the Rotterdam Municipal Council. In 1971 she was elected as a Member of the Dutch Parliament for the liberal VVD party. From 1982-1989 she served as Minister for Transport, Public Works and Telecommunication in the Netherlands.
After politics, Neelie Kroes was appointed President of Nyenrode University from 1991-2000, and served on various company boards, including Lucent Technologies, Volvo, P&O Nedlloyd.
Prior to serving as European Commissioner for Competition from 2004-2009, her charity work included advising the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and World Cancer Research Fund.
Will participate to
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Digital agenda: connecting Europe
Thursday 1 July 10 - 09:30 am to 10:45 am
Moderator : John Miller, Journalist, Wall Street Journal
Speakers : Adolfo Hernandez, President, Alcatel-Lucent EMEA - Gordon Graylish , Vice-President / General Manager Global Enterprise Solution Sales, Intel - Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International - Neelie Kroes, Vice President, European Commissioner for Digital Agenda - Paul Doany, CEO, Türk Telekom - Philipp Schindler, Vice President, Northern and Central Europe , Google