Elettra Ronchi, PhD, MPP, is Senior Policy Analyst at the OECD. Since 2015 she has been Head of Unit in the Division for Digital Economy Policy, where she coordinates work on privacy, risk management and data governance. She is currently leading the review of the implementation of the 2013 OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data.
Ronchi has more than 20 years of experience as policy analyst, evaluating the instruments available to governments to improve the public benefits from investments in health, science and technology. Since 2006 she has also contributed to the organisation’s work on digital health, including the development of the 2016 OECD Council Recommendation on Health Data Governance. Ronchi started her policy career in 1993 as consultant for the United Nations Development Programme, before which she held academic research and teaching positions in the U.S. and France.