Erika Mann (politician)

Erika Mann (born 2 November 1950 in Leipzig, Germany) is a senior policy advisor at Covington based in Brussels.[1]

She was a Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1994 to 2009. She was part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade. She was a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

As a Member of the European Parliament, she concentrated on trade policy, transatlantic relations, financial services, pharmaceuticals, digital economy, telecommunications and Internet-related legislation and research policy. Among her achievements, she was the rapporteur for the eCommerce Directive.

She was present at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai during the 2008 terror attacks.[2]

After leaving public office, Ms. Mann was the Executive Vice President of the Computer & Communications Industry Association from 2009 until October 2011. She then led Facebook's Brussels office from late 2011 until December 2015.

She currently serves on the GNSO Council of ICANN.[3]

Career
  • 1994–2009: Member of the European Parliament
  • Senator, Max Planck Society (MPG)
  • Board Member of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau
  • Board Vice-Chairwoman of the Frauen geben Technik neue Impulse (women promoting technology) Association
  • Board Member of the International Foundation for Research and Exchange (IBB)
  • Patron, Erika Mann Primary School, Berlin
  • Chairwoman of the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN)
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Salzburg Seminar
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Internews Europe
  • Chairwoman of the European Internet Foundation (EIF)
  • Executive committee Member of the Kangaroo Group
  • Member of the International Informatization Academy of the United Nations
  • 2011 to 2015: Lobbyist for Facebook in Brussels
  • From December 2015: Senior Advisor at Covington

See also: 2004 European Parliament election in Germany

References
  1. "Erika Mann". sitecoreprod-519730-cd.azurewebsites.net. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. SPIEGEL, SPIEGEL Staff, DER. "Making Sense of the Mumbai Attacks: In the Triangle of Terror - DER SPIEGEL - International". www.spiegel.de. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. "GNSO Council | Generic Names Supporting Organization". gnso.icann.org. Retrieved 24 June 2020.


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