Alexander Rabe is responsible for the public image of the association from the strategic content and communicative perspectives, in its Berlin, Brussels and Cologne locations. With more than 1,100 member companies, eco is the largest Internet industry association in Europe. Since 1995, eco has been instrumental in shaping the development of the Internet in Germany, and fostering new technologies and infrastructures. eco actively contributes to shaping the legislative framework conditions for the innovation-friendly and at the same time ethically-oriented digital transformation of the economy and society. Rabe is a co-initiator of the “Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany”, a member initiative led by eco, supported by companies such as Cloud & Heat, Interxion, Equinix, AWS, Netcologne, Telemaxx, Noris networks, DE-CIX, tollhouse and more. Rabe came to eco in 2016 as Head of the Policy, Law & Regulations division. Rabe represents eco amongst other things at the Digital Summit of the German Federal Government in dealings with the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), and the Digital Sovereignty Focus Group of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs (BMWi).
Additional activities: Since 2016, Alexander Rabe has a seat on the advisory board “Market Watchdog of the Digital World” of the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VBZV). Rabe is also a member of the advisory board of the BMWi-funded program “SME 4.0 Competence Center IT Industry” and a member of the strategic platform ITC of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
