Reyes Otero Zapata (External Expert)

Field of specialisation

Decision making in the European Union – Administrative law. Data Protection

Professional experience

Reyes Otero Zapata is the Data Protection Officer and Head of the Data Protection Unit at the Council of the European Union. She joined the Council in 1991 and has worked in the Spanish regional administration and in consultancy in Brussels.

She holds a law degree at the University of Seville (Spain). She holds a Diploma in Advanced European Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges and a special licence in European law from the Free University of Brussels.