Simona Popa joined the InterDigital Government Affairs team in February 2020. She brings almost 20 years of professional experience in public policy, lobbying and government relations. Prior to joining InterDigital, Simona worked for nearly 7 years at AT&T and Warner Media (formerly known as Time Warner) as Executive Director, Public Policy Europe dealing with a large number of issues around media, telecom and internet legislation. In her role, Simona helped define and execute policy, advocacy and regulatory strategies and drive large industry coalition-building efforts while working closely with key decision-makers externally and internally with various business units in AT&T, HBO, Turner and Warner Bros. Simona also served as European Affairs Adviser at the Association of Commercial Television in Europe where she dealt primarily with audiovisual media, telecom and intellectual property rights issues at EU, national and international level. Currently, Simona holds the position of Chair of the Intellectual Property Commission at the American Chamber of Commerce in the EU (AmCham EU) for the second consecutive mandate.
Simona has extensive knowledge in the EU decision-making processes and has worked closely with EU, national and international institutions and government bodies. She holds an MA in European Union Law from King’s College, University of London.