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Peter Brown

Senior Director, Global Security and Technology Strategy
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pfbrown@Venable.com
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Peter Brown has more than a decade of experience consulting clients, such as Fortune 50 companies, national governments, and international organizations, on international standards engagement and technology strategy and governance. Peter also has 25 years of experience in public service, notably serving in the European Parliament. He has held several leadership positions, including Chief of Staff of Parliament’s majority caucus leader, Policy Adviser to the Deputy Secretary General, Head of the service that led the Parliament’s first information and technology governance strategy, and Senior Adviser on Technology Policy in both Austria and most recently in Washington, DC.

Peter's experience and knowledge span a wide array of political, societal, cultural, entrepreneurial, scientific, and technological domains, which have led him to work on subject areas as varied as governance and policymaking; standards development (including leading projects on privacy, identity management, and trust; air transport; cloud computing: artificial intelligence; internet of things (IoT); cybersecurity; and music technologies). As a published author and having worked in multiple languages, he has a reputation as a polymath and polyglot.

Peter is the author of several books and articles on the growth of European political parties as well as on issues regarding boardroom governance of technology, as well as on governance implications of the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Government Experience

  • Senior Adviser, Technology Strategy, European Parliament, 1990-2006, 2018-2024
  • Senior Adviser, eGovernment Strategy, Austrian Federal Government, Federal Chancellor’s Department, 2005-2006, 2025
  • Administrator/Tutor, European Youth Centre, Council of Europe, 1984-1989

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July 15, 2025

Venable Adds Global Security and Tech Veteran Peter Brown to Its Cybersecurity Services Group
Venable Adds Global Security and Tech Veteran Peter Brown to Its Cybersecurity Services Group

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Education

  • B.A. Politics and Communication Studies (with Honours) City of London Polytechnic
  • King Edward VI School, Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield College of Further Education

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Member, The Institute of Directors (IoD), UK
  • Member, The Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN)
  • Board member, Digital Enlightenment Forum
  • Former member and chairman of the board, Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
  • Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
  • National Expert, British Standards Institute (BSI)
  • Alumnus, The Atlantic Council
  • Alumnus, The Aspen Institute

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Personal Activities

  • Peter is interested in the social impacts of technology, politics, society, semiotics, epistemology, semantics, architecture, astronomy, astrophysics, and psephology. He also enjoys music, particularly the piano, electronic analogue and digital instruments, sound design, and engineering. He also loves to read, write, travel, and debate.