Head of Section, International Co-ordination Regulatory Authority of Germany (RegTP)   Annegret Groebel specialised in Economics at the University of Heidelberg and at the University Paris IX (Dauphine), France. She is an M.A. in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirtin) of the University of Heidelberg.   In 1996, Annegret became a Ph.D. in Economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Mannheim.   In 1997, she joined the BMPT (Federal Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications) as a Junior Representative in the ‘Special Network Access incl. Interconnection’ Section .

Between 1998 and 2001, she was a Vice Chair of Ruling Chamber 4 - ‘Special Network Access incl. Interconnection’ of the Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts (RegTP).   In 2000, Annegret Groebel worked as a Research Fellow at the Global Communications Consortium (Director: Prof. Len Waverman) of London Business School.   Since May 2001, she is the Head of Section ‘International Co-ordination’ (RegTP) and in the same year she was appointed Chair of the IRG Fixed-Network Working Group.   Since July 2002, she is a Member of the IRG Secretariat and since September 2004 she is a Co-ordinator of the IRG (IRG-Secretariat).