Bernard Barani

Bernard Barani is a senior telecom and IT consultant. He spent nearly three decades at the European Commission’s DG CONNECT, most recently as Deputy Head of the Future Connectivity Systems unit. There he led the design and rollout of the Smart Networks and Services (6G) partnership and, before it, the 5G Public-Private Partnership. Before joining the Commission in 1994, he worked for 11 years as a communications engineer in industry and at the European Space Agency. He is a Fellow of the Wireless World Research Forum. He holds an engineering degree from École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne.