Franz von Weizsäcker
Institution
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Position
Digital policy expert
City
Bonn
Country
Germany
Information
Franz von Weizsäcker is a digital policy expert at Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) covering policies on telecommunications, innovation and internet platforms, competition, cyber security, privacy and consumer protection. He served clients of the German, European, Saudi Arabian, Palestinian and Rwandan governments. His background is Computer science with majors in Economics and Law from Berlin University of Technology. Before entering policy advice, he worked as consultant in the telecommunications and IT security industry as well as in tech entrepreneurship. He is member of the White-Hat Hacker's association Chaos Computer Club.