Carlota Reyners Fontana

Carlota Reyners Fontana is Head of Unit of the Electronic Communications Policy unit in DG Connect at the European Commission. The unit is in charge of developing policy and regulatory initiatives in the field of Electronic Communications. The unit is currently shaping new proposals to reduce the cost of deployment of sustainable electronic communications networks. Previously Carlota has been leading the unit for Investments in High Capacity Networks (including new Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and the WiFi4EU voucher scheme). Until December 2017, Carlota was Deputy Head of the Radio Spectrum Policy unit from where she led the proposals and the negotiations of the European Electronic Communications Code, notably on access regulation, spectrum and universal service. Between 2012 and 2014, she was Member of Cabinet of Vice-President Neelie Kroes, Commissioner responsible for Digital Agenda under the Barroso II Commission. She has previously worked in the Commission’s Competition Directorate General as well as a competition lawyer in a leading European telecommunications company and a Brussels based international law firm. She holds a law degree from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a Master in European law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.