Charlotte Nørlund-Matthiessen

Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen I Forbes 30 under 30

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

About

I root my work in a few core values, such as team spirit, audacity, kindness and transparency. I like to think outside the box and to think big. So I’m always onboard testing new ideas. I’m all about people, innovation and change.

Experience

  • European Commission (Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium · On-site)
    • Cabinet of Dan Jørgensen, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing
      Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

      Responsibilities: - Nuclear energy - Relations with the European Parliament

    • Inter-Institutional Relations and Outreach, DG GROW
      Oct 2024 - Dec 2024 · 3 mos

      Part of the transition team supporting Commissioner-designate Stéphane Séjourné

    • Cabinet of Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market
      Jun 2024 - Sep 2024 · 4 mos

      Portfolio: - European clean tech, notably batteries (including Alliance) and solar photovoltaic (including Alliance) - Machinery and equipment (including common chargers) - Textiles - Construction - FDI screening, single market enforcement and infringements

  • Parliamentary Assistant to MEP Dominique Riquet, 1st Vice-Chair Transport Committee at European Parliament
    Aug 2016 - Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Assisting the MEP in the European legislative process: Preparing and drafting proposals and amendments, negotiating between political groups on rapporteur- and shadow-rapporteur files, working with the European Commission and Council ahead and during trilogues. Areas of responsibility: TRAN Committee: Aviation, Maritime, Collaborative Economy, Space, Intelligent Transport, Accessibility, MFF ITRE Committee: European Defense Fund, Space, Telecommunications, Platforms, Energy, MFF

  • Co-Founder at Brussels WAKE UP!
    Mar 2016 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

    BXL WKP! transforms the mornings. Wake up to yoga, let the DJ dance you into the day, have a smoothie, go to work.

  • Public Affairs Consultant at FTI Consulting EU
    Jan 2015 - Jul 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos

    As part of FTI Consulting's tech practice, I advised and supported clients on their public affairs strategy in regard to EU digital regulation. My expertise covers areas of the Digital Single Market strategy such as the sharing economy, cloud computing, privacy and data protection rules; the EU-US privacy shield agreeement and telecom regulation such as net neutrality and roaming. I also specialised in mobile communications onboard aircrafts and drones regulation.

  • Business Developer at Le Wagon
    Jul 2014 - Dec 2014 · 6 mos

    Le Wagon is a coding school, organizing the first dev bootcamps for entrepreneurs and skilled people in Europe. Le Wagon teaches Ruby on Rails, Javascript, SQL. I helped launch the coding school in Brussels and allowed for a first batch of students to follow the coding bootcamp of 2 and half months (venue, recruiting, social media)