Mark Boris Andrijanič
Visiting Policy Fellow
Mark Boris Andrijanič
Visiting Policy Fellow
Mark Boris Andrijanič is a board member and advisor to leading European companies in AI, cybersecurity, and quantum computing. He serves on the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), the EU’s innovation agency, and is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, where he focuses on transatlantic tech cooperation, digital government, and defence innovation.
In 2021–2022, he served as Slovenia’s first-ever Minister for Digital Transformation, following his chairmanship of the Government’s Strategic Council for Digitalization. During Slovenia’s EU Presidency, he led negotiations on the Digital Services Act (DSA) and other key European tech regulations. Under his leadership, Slovenia rose from 16th to 11th place on the European Index of Digital Economy and Society (DESI), surpassing Germany and France.
Before entering public office, he led Uber’s public policy efforts in Central and Eastern Europe and was a Visiting Fellow at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies in Brussels.
He is a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, a member of its Global Future Council on GovTech and Digital Public Infrastructure, and the Leaders for European Growth and Competitiveness initiative.
In 2022, he received Ukraine’s Peace Prize from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for coordinating EU tech support to Ukraine, and in 2023, he was named Digital Leader of the Year by the CEE Digital Coalition.
He holds a law degree from the University of Ljubljana and a master’s in Public Policy from the University of Oxford, where he also serves on the Alumni Board.
GovTech and Digital Public Infrastructure, AI in Government and Defence, Governance of Emerging Technologies, Cybersecurity and Digital Privacy, Innovation Policy and Tech Competitiveness