Robert Mourik joined the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) as Commissioner in 2019. On 7 January 2022, he became Chairperson and was elected BEREC Vice-Chair for 2023 and BEREC Chair for 2025.
Robert has almost thirty years of experience in the telecoms sector as an industry executive and Government official. Before joining ComReg, he worked for Cubic Telecom, a new entrant in the automotive IoT space, where he was responsible for all wholesale activities. Robert spent almost ten years in Telefonica as the European Regulatory Strategy Director at their corporate HQ in Madrid and as Strategy Director in Ireland. He also worked for Vodafone Group as its head of the Brussels Office and in the regulatory department in Newbury, UK.
In 1991, Robert began his career in the Dutch Department for Transport and Telecommunication. From 1994 until 1999, he served as Telecom Attaché at the Netherlands’ Permanent Representation in Brussels. He was a Member and Chair of the Council Telecoms Working Group in 1998 when the first telecom regulatory package was adopted.
Robert was born in the Netherlands and studied Economics and Public Policy at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and the University of Hull (UK).