Andrew van der HaarManaging Director at Fiber Carrier AssociationSpeaker
Profile
Andrew van der Haar is Founder and Managing Director of the Fiber Carrier Association (FCA), the Dutch industry association for fibre and digital connectivity. Since founding FCA in 2016, he has worked at the intersection of industry, government and users to strengthen the Netherlands’ digital infrastructure and connectivity ecosystem.
He is also President of the European Local Fibre Alliance (ELFA), which brings together 16 national trade associations across Europe, indirectly representing more than 1,200 alternative fibre and wireless network operators. In addition, Andrew is Senior Advisor to the Dutch Data Center Association (DDA), where he focuses on sustainability, energy, education and workforce development.
Andrew is a founding member of the Dutch Subsea Cable Coalition and serves on the council of the Dutch National Coalition for Sustainable Digitalisation. His background combines industry representation and public policy with hands-on experience as a former manager and business owner in the fibre and data centre sectors.
Through these roles and experience, he is actively involved in national and European initiatives covering fibre networks, data centres, subsea connectivity, sustainability, digital resilience and skills development.