Erika Mann (born 2 November 1950 in

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, Germany) is a senior policy advisor at Covington based in Brussels. She is a former

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with the

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from 1994 to 2009. She was a member of the

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and sat on the

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. She was a substitute for the

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and the

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. As a member of the European Parliament, she concentrated on trade policy, transatlantic relations, financial services, pharmaceuticals, digital economy, telecommunications and Internet-related legislation and research policy. She was the

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for the eCommerce Directive. After leaving public office, Mann was the Executive Vice President of the Computer & Communications Industry Association from 2009 until October 2011. She then led

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's office in

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from late 2011 until December 2015. She currently serves on the GNSO Council of

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* * * 1950 births Living people Social Democratic Party of Germany MEPs MEPs for Germany 1994–1999 MEPs for Germany 1999–2004 MEPs for Germany 2004–2009 20th-century women MEPs for Germany 21st-century women MEPs for Germany Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub Survivors of the 2008 Mumbai attacks