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Antti Peltomäki
Deputy Director-General
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Finnish
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Biography
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Mr Antti Peltomäki is Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media (DG INFSO) since October 2007. He is responsible for promoting international cooperation in information and communication technology (ICT) research and for representing the Commission in negotiations on ICT development, the regulatory environment and the availability and accessibility of ICT-based services. Mr Peltomäki's aim is to reinforce general management within the directorate-general and represent its policy interests to Member States and relevant third parties. The Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media manages over 9 billion euros for ICT research programmes, under the seventh research framework programme (2007-13). Mr Peltomäki used to be head of the Commission's representation in Helsinki, where he was responsible for stimulating informed debate on European affairs within Finland, and for liaising with Finnish ministries, Parliament, political stakeholders and the media. Prior to joining the Commission in 2006, Mr Peltomäki worked for almost ten years in the office of the Prime Minister of Finland, initially as State Under-Secretary, then State Secretary for EU affairs. He assisted the Prime Minister in contacts with the EU institutions and the other Member States, and was a member of the Finnish delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC 2000). During 1994, Mr Peltomäki was posted to the Brussels office of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) as assistant to the EFTA Parliamentary Committee. In this capacity he maintained contacts with the European Parliament and dealt with EU/EEA competition policy and legal affairs. From 1988 to 1991, he was head of the international office of the National Coalition Party (Kansallinen Kokoomus), where he developed their European policies and maintained relations with the European People's Party. A lawyer by training, Mr Peltomäki began his career as a coordinator of international research and training courses at the Helsinki University of Technology. |