Mark Speich is the vice president of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) since 2022. He is a member of the Administrative Board of Deutsche Welle. Since 2017, Speich serves as state secretary for Federal, European and International Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, where has also been also responsible for Media Politics since 2022.
Dr. Mark Speich was educated at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge (MPhil) and the University of Bonn (PhD). He studied History, Political Science and Constitutional Law.