<p>Harrie Temmink is currently Deputy Head of the Intellectual Property Unit (F3) at DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW), European Commission.<br />Harrie has a Dutch Law Degree and a Spanish Language and Literature Degree from the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). He joined the European Commission in 2003 and worked at the Industrial Property Unit at DG Internal Market and Services (2003-2008); as Member of Cabinet of Mrs Meglena Kuneva, European Commissioner for Consumer Affairs (2008-2010), and as Deputy Head of the Online and Postal Services Unit (2011-2014) and the Public Interest Services Unit (2014-2017). Previously he was a lecturer in Public Economic Law at the University of Utrecht; an advisor at the Netherlands Competition Authority and a Legal Secretary to the Court of Justice of the European Union.  </p>