Daniele Nardi is from Rome, Italy. After graduating in law at 'La Sapienza' University, he attended an MA at the College of Europe (Natolin) in European Advanced Multidisciplinary Studies. After working briefly at the law firm Paul Hastings LLP, he joined the Legal Service of the European Commission in 2008, where he dealt first with agriculture and fisheries and then for the last six years, the protection of personal data. He has represented the Commission before the Court of Justice in more than 100 cases and was involved in preparing legislative proposals and negotiations. Since July 2021, he is the Legal Service officer at the European Data Protection Supervisor, where he coordinates litigation and inter-institutional and other horizontal matters.