Jörgen Gren
Cabinet Expert for Vice President Andrus Ansip
European Commission
Jörgen Gren is currently a member of the cabinet of Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip.
He recently worked in DG INFSO/CONNECT, as head of unit dealing with the Digital Agenda for Europe Coordination and Digital Single Market Policy. He also worked there as deputy head of unit, negotiating the financial framework for the Connecting Europe Facility on broadband and digital services as well as coordination of impact assessments.
Jörgen Gren served as head of the press/media unit (press counsellor) for the 2009 Swedish presidency. Prior to the Swedish presidency, he was a member of the cabinet of Ms Hübner, Polish commissioner for regional policy.
His career in the Commission started in 1996 and he has held administrator posts in DG TREN (air transport regulation) and DG REGIO (Evaluation officer, responsible for structural policy operations in France, Estonia, Ireland and parts of Finland).
Jörgen started his career in the private sector working as a systems programmer for IBM in Sweden and, later, as head of European Affairs in Kreab-Gavin Anderson, an international consultancy based in Brussels.
Recent Events and Presentations
How Can Europe Unleash its Untapped Data?
ITIF's Center for Data Innovation hosted a conversation about data sharing in Europe and the steps policymakers can take to make more data available and reusable in Europe.
