Speakers Announced: FOSS4SMEs Policy Recommendations

Sivan Pätsch is OFE’s Finance and Operations Director, responsible for financial management, accounting and compliance, operational planning, human resources and governance. He is a member of the General Assembly and serves on the Management Board. Previously, he held the role of Policy Adviser and Research Director at OFE. Before he joined OFE, he gained experience in EU policy making at the Council of the European Union. He also worked as an Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer for arvato Bertelsmann and before as a Quality Coordinator, among other responsibilities. He has a master’s degree in European Affairs from Lund University, Sweden with a thesis on the global expansion of the European data protection standard, a topic he is also personally interested in. In addition, he holds a bachelor’s degree in European Public Administration from the University of Twente, Enschede and from the University of Münster. Sivan is a native German speaker, is fluent in English and is learning Dutch and Swedish.