IGF 2022 High-Level Track
High Level Session II: DIGITAL RIGHTS - Monday 28 November, 14:05-16:05 UTC+3
Mr. Benjamin Brake
Director General, Digital and Data Policy, German Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport
Since March 2022, Mr. Benjamin Brake has been head of the newly created Digital and Data Policy department at the German Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV). Mr. Brake previously worked for IT service provider IBM, where he represented the company’s political interests for around 10 years as head of the Berlin office. He began his career with stints in the German Bundestag and as personal assistant to the Federal Minister of Justice, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (FDP).