Last name:
Mann
Former employer:
European Parliament
Former function:
Member of European Parliament (for 10 years)
New function:
Executive Vice President
New employer:
Computer and Communications Industry Association
Nationality:
Germany
Institutional reaction:
None. As a former MEP, Ms Mann does not need authorisation for her subsequent activities.
Other info:
Since November 2011, Ms Mann has been the lead spokesperson for EU institutions for Facebook. Erika Mann “will also be an important contributor to the Facebook public-policy programme across the member states of the EU” (Source: Public Affairs News)
While she was an MEP, Ms Mann was a member of several MEP-industry fora including the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) and the Kangaroo group where she was a member of the board of the Working Group on Telecoms & Information Society. She was also a founding member and co-chair of the European Internet Foundation and was a member of the board in the Information Society Forum of the European Commission.
First name:
Erika
Date of Revolving Door:
December, 2009
“There are currently no rules governing the revolving door for former MEPs and CEO regrets this. We consider that there should be a two year cooling-off period for ex-MEPs wishing to enter lobbying or consultancy roles, as a significant number of MEPs go onto this kind of work. Nonethless, CEO welcomes the fact that under the new Code of Conduct for MEPs, ex-MEPs who become lobbyists will have to surrender their lifelong access pass to the European Parliament for the duration of that work.”