ABOUT

Dr Hubertus Freiherr von Roenne is a longtime business professional in the European Telecoms & Internet Industries. For the past 10 years he has been leading major international transactions in the Telecoms industry - at AOL and since 2006 at BT. His mission is to create borderless ICT services to boost the productivity of international companies in the European Marketplace. For several years prior to assuming business responsibilities, Hubertus acted as a specialist lawyer advising Telecoms and Internet companies mainly on regulatory and market entry matters. He was also involved in the rapid growth of the Internet meeting platform "First Tuesday", for which he was Managing Director in Germany in 2000.

Hubertus has studied law & philosophy in Heidelberg, New York and Berlin, was awarded a doctorate in law from Humboldt-University Berlin. He has acted as an adviser to the German Parliament and has been an active board member of ECTA since 2004.

A German national, Hubertus lives in Paris, is married to an English wife and has three children.