Organisation

Siada El Ramly is the Director General of DOT (Digital Online Tech) Europe. She has over 20 years experience in European public affairs and in particular experience in European Digital Policy having worked for the hardware and software industries in the past. Before joining EDiMA Siada was Secretary General of the European Software Association, Director of the AHIMA global services office, Director General of the European Federation of Independent Producers as well as Senior EU Affairs Manager at Digital Europe. She also set up her own consultancy company that provides public affairs, association management and strategic advice to interest groups.

Siada holds an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) – University of London and a BA in Political Science – specializing in International Relations from the American University in Cairo.

Alberto is a Senior Policy Officer at DOT Europe with responsibility for the Data and User working groups. Before joining DOT Europe he worked as a Policy Advisor at the European Parliament, advising members of a political group on issues within the remit of the CULT and ITRE committees. He has also worked in public affairs in-house for a telecoms multinational, and was a Blue Book trainee at the European Commission.

Alberto holds an MA in European Public Policy and a BA in International Politics – both from King’s College London.

Romain is a Policy Officer at DOT Europe. He has been working on various issues within the DOT Europe work programme and has recently focused on platform liability issues such as the DSA, disinformation and terrorist content. Prior to joining DOT Europe, he gained experience in European public affairs with at BusinessEurope’s social department where he followed social policy issues, social dialogue and the digitalization of the economy.

Romain holds a Master’s degree in European Studies from the Free University of Brussels (ULB). He previously obtained a Master’s degree in political science and international relations from Sciences Po Bordeaux and a Bachelor’s degree in modern and contemporary History from the University of Bordeaux.

Gwenaëlle supports the DOT Europe team on content-related issues, such as the DSA and disinformation, and has a special focus on the NIS 2 Directive. She also works on DOT Europe’s social media outreach.

A College of Europe and Sciences Po Strasbourg alumna, she gained experience in European public affairs at the French Permanent Representation to the EU and at the Fair Trade Advocacy Office.

Leander supports the DOT Europe team on a number of issues, ranging from the Data Act to other user-related issues like Artificial Intelligence and product safety.

Next to his studies at Maastricht University and the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Leander extended his knowledge of policy-making during his tenure at the European Parliament and at the regional parliament of Hesse in Germany.