Agustín ‘Gus’ Rossi Silvano serves as director at Omidyar Network. He leads strategic initiatives on tech policy, advocacy, and innovation, focusing on antitrust and competition policy, children’s online privacy, artificial intelligence, and supporting small- and medium-sized tech companies at the national, state, and international levels.

Prior to joining Omidyar Network, Gus led global policy initiatives at Public Knowledge, an advocacy-oriented nonprofit that promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools. At the Inter-American Development Bank, he served as director of the Multilateral Investment Fund, a $100 million investment fund for social innovation in Latin America, advising the government of Argentina on more than 100 loan proposals to develop public and private sectors in the region. Earlier in his career, Gus consulted on digital rights issues for a member of the European Parliament.

Gus holds a Ph.D. in political science from the European University Institute, an M.Sc. in international political economy from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a B.A. in political science from Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

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