Romain Robert is a qualified lawyer specialised in technology law. He worked from 2002 to 2011 in various Brussels law firms, where he specialised in IP and ICT law. Between 2007 and 2011, he was also a researcher at the CRIDS, Research Centre in Law and Society at the University of Namur. In 2011, he joined the Belgian DPA as a legal advisor. He worked for within the Policy and Consultation Unit of the EDPS as of 2015 and then within the Secretariat of the EDPB as of May 2018. In April 2020, Romain joined noyb (None of Your Business, an NGO conducting strategic litigation to enforce digital rights).