Mr. Michel ROGY

Dr. Michel Rogy is the World Bank’s Regional Practice Director for Digital for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Eastern and Southern Africa, Western and Central Africa. In this role, he leads regional strategies and teams across Africa and the Middle East to support countries in building vibrant, safe and inclusive digital economies. Throughout his World Bank career, Michel has worked at the intersection of policy, digital technology, and development—managing complex programs in several regions (Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Western and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa).

Before joining the Bank in 2011, Michel Rogy was for six years a partner with Paris-based TERA Consultants, an international economic consulting firm, where he advised the European Commission department responsible for creating a single digital market as well as regulatory authorities and operators throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa on policy, strategic and regulatory issues in the ICT/telecommunications sector. Michel also worked for Neuf Telecom, one of the leading new French telecommunications operators, first as director of interconnection and carrier services and head of regulatory affairs, and later as director of the business customers unit. He started his career as a partner with EUTELIS Consult, an ICT/telecommunications consulting firm based in Ratingen, Germany.

Michel holds a PhD in economics from Telecom ParisTech and a master’s degree in telecommunications from Telecom Bretagne. He speaks English, French, German and some Italian.

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