About Mrs. Bridget Cosgrave

Bridget Cosgrave is Director General of DIGITALEUROPE, the pre-eminent advocacy group of the European digital economy acting on behalf of the information technology, consumer electronics and telecommunications sectors. DIGITALEUROPE is dedicated to improving the business environment, and to promoting industry's contribution to economic growth and social progress in the European Union.

As the primary spokesperson to promote the collective interests of the digital economy, Ms. Cosgrave ensures industry participation in the development and implementation of EU policies. DIGITALEUROPE's members include 62 leading corporations and 42 national trade associations from 29 countries; altogether 10,000 companies with 2 million employees and €1,000 billion in revenues. You can learn more about our activities via http://www.digitaleurope.org.

Ms. Cosgrave's career spans general management in the telecommunications industry (BtoB and BtoC), advocacy and technical standardization, investment banking and corporate development in industry. Her background ensures an understanding of the importance of economic growth for both the creation of shareholder value and the support of prosperity and human development.

Ms. Cosgrave is active in corporate governance, through her board mandates as an independent non-executive director at two world leading companies, Essilor International SA of France and SES S.A. of Luxembourg.

Ms Cosgrave holds a Master in Business Administration from London Business School (UK) and a Bachelor of Arts, Honours from Queen's University at Kingston, Canada. She has attended the Chartered Director program of the UK Institute of Directors, the Leadership Academy of the United Nations University at the University of Jordan (Amman) and completed a corporate governance mentorship program run by CMi. She is a dual Canadian and Irish citizen, with fluent French, who has
been living and working in Europe since 1984.