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For the past decade, Paul Verhoef has been working for the European Commission in various capacities. Most recently he has been with the DG Information Society in Brussels. Here, he directed a team with responsibility for international policies in telecommunications, Internet, e-commerce, and Information Society.

Mr. Verhoef also worked as Advisor to the Director-General and was a staff member in the private offices of Commissioner Martin Bangemann for the European Commission. Mr. Verhoef’s background and experience also include project management for the European Space Agency, engineering management for Eutelsat in France and the International Telecommunication Union for the Pacific Regional Development Program.

Mr. Verhoef went to the Technical University of Eindhoven, in the Netherlands from which he has a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.

He speaks four languages with Dutch being his first language, followed by English, French and German.