Dr Cristina Vanberghen

Prof. Dr Cristina Vanberghen is an academic and political commentator, and senior expert at the European Commission, with leading expertise in digitalization, consumer policy and foreign policy. She has lectured on the EU-India Digital Partnership within the framework of G20 India and published articles about “Aatmanirbhar Bharat and EU: A promising digital partnership.”

A French/Romanian national, she was Secretary of State participating in the political and economic change in her region and country of origin, Romania. That experience gave her a first-hand understanding of the drivers of political and social change as well as of the emerging global challenges in many policy areas including cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. She is a leading advocate of a human-centered approach to the regulation of cyberspace and AI. Dr. Vanberghen was a director with Deloitte and Touche and Ernest & Young, she has a doctorate in cyber consumer law and unfair trading practices, and has published widely on subjects ranging from AI, cybersecurity, foreign affairs, and Russia’s cyberwar in Ukraine.