<p>Hettel Varik is a Policy Officer for the Directorate-General (DG) for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs of the European Commission. She is responsible for coordinating the IT works on the implementation of the Single digital gateway.<br />In her prior positions, she served as a Counsellor for Digital and Economic Affairs at the Permanent Representation of Estonia to the EU and has been Head of Division of Information Technology and Data Security in the Estonian Ministry of Justice. Hettel Varik holds a Master of Arts in Law from University of Tartu, Estonia. </p>