Frans de Bruïne

   Short CV

   Frans de Bruïne directs the European Commission's "Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society" directorate (INFSO/C). The five units which are under his supervision are known as Lisbon Strategy and eEurope, Strategy for ICT Research and Development, Evaluation and Monitoring, Information and Communication, and IST Operations. Frans de Bruine chairs the IST Committee. He holds a master's degree in physics from the Technological University of Delft in the Netherlands and has completed an advanced management programme in France. Prior to joining the European Commission he worked for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and for a variety of private enterprises in the Netherlands and the UK.