Alexander is a member of the consulting team in London, where he contributes to various strategic projects across the company. He has experience in commercial due diligence, business planning, regulation and transaction advisory projects across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Alex holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.

Darren Leads Vodafone Group’s EU affairs team & is head of its Brussels office. A former award-winning Reuters journalist, he has extensive experience inside and outside government at national and EU level, including as Special Advisor to the first EU High Representative.

Currently Head of Telecoms and Space for Amazon’s EU Public Policy team, Jordi Casanova has over a decade of experience in competition and regulatory economics across a wide range of fields. Before joining Amazon in 2023, he was a senior economist at the EFTA Surveillance Authority, following on from roles focusing on telecoms and competition at the European Commission, Ofcom and the Spanish Market and Competition Authority. Jordi holds degrees in economics from the University of Valencia and Université Libre de Bruxelles, as well as an LLM from the College of Europe in Bruges. In addition to his interest in all things competition, regulation and policy, Jordi enjoys identifying promising startups to invest in and took his interest in viticulture to the next level as a co-owner of a start-up winery in his native Valencia.

Education:

Doctorate in Economics (Phd), University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

Master’s in philosophy (M. Phil) in Economics, Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

Master’s in Economics and Management of Science and Technology (curricular part), Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Lisbon Technical University. Degree in Economics, School of Economics and Management, Lisbon Technical University.

Professional experience and academic activity:

Associate Professor of Economics at the Lisbon School of Economics & Management (ISEG), in the area of public economics and well-being, since January 2018.

Associate Editor of the Portuguese Economic Journal, since August 2021.

Coordinator of XLAB – Behavioural Research Lab, since May 2019.

Coordinator of the MSc in Economics, ISEG, since August 2020.

Professor of the ISEG + Columbia Strategic Leadership Program, in September 2022 and September 2023.

Guest Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra, between January 2020 and August 2021 and between January 2023 and August 2023.

Assistant Professor of Economics, Purdue University, between August 2009 and June 2017.

Guest Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, between February and December 2017.

Visiting Researcher, Rady School of Management, University of San Diego, in April 2016.

Guest Assistant Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics, between March and June 2014.

Associate Researcher (post-doctoral fellow), University of Chicago, between September 2007 and August 2009.

Assistant, University of Chicago, between September and December 2008.

Associate Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam, between February and September 2007.

Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam, between August 2003 and August 2006.

Assistant Professor, Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economic, between September 1999 and August 2002.

Member of the Fiscal Board, member of the Advisory Board and member of observatory and working groups, SEDES, since October 2020.

Vice-President, Data Science Portuguese Association, since October 2020.

Member of Fórum ASF for market conduct, since October 2020.

Columnist at Expresso Newspaper, since January 2015.

Researcher at CESIS – Centro de Estudos para a Intervenção Social (Centre for Studies for Social Intervention), between September 1998 and August 2000.

Intern at ICEP – Investimentos, Comércio e Turismo de Portugal (Portuguese Investment, Trade and Tourism – currently AICEP), between August and September 1998.

Tonko Obuljen is the BEREC Chair 2024. He was appointed as President of the Council of Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) in 2018 and is currently serving his second five-year mandate. Prior to the presidency, he served as Director of HAKOM from 2006 to 2009 and as a Member of HAKOM’s Council from 2009 to 2013. During the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (2005-2013) he was a member of the Information Society working group and also served as a member of the drafting teams for the harmonization of Electronic Communications Act and bylaws with EU legislation. From 1993 to 2006, he worked in the Croatian electronic communications industry, mainly in microwave and satellite communications. He participated in developing the Croatian state aid programs for backhaul and access networks and in setting up current end-user protection ecosystem in Croatia. In 2020, Tonko Obuljen also served as a Vice-Chair of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications – BEREC.