Sébastien SORIANO

Bio

Sébastien Soriano is the Chairman of Arcep (the French telecom regulator) since 2015.

He was BEREC Chair 2017 (the European telecom body) and Fratel Chair 2019. He has spent most of his career in digital policies, competition and telecoms regulation areas. From 2012 through 2014, he was Chief of Staff of Mrs. Fleur Pellerin, French Minister for SMEs, Innovation and Communication. Prior to his appointment as Chairman of Arcep, he was Special Advisor to the French Minister for Culture and Communication.

Sébastien Soriano published several papers on the challenges of regulators and law makers in the digital era. He also teaches regulation and digital economy in the Master's programme in Public Policy at SciencesPo. He is member of the board of directors of the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE).