Ann-Charlotte Nygård is the Head of Sector, Data and Digital, at the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). The Sector carries out work in amongst others the areas of data protection, on-line content moderation, artificial intelligence, and large-scale EU IT systems in the areas of borders and security. She is also representing FRA in the ETIAS Fundamental Rights Guidance Board. She has previously coordinated the Agency’s work in the areas of technical assistance and capacity building, making FRA’s expertise, findings, and opinions available to stakeholders through providing practical assistance, training, and support. She has extensive management experience and a solid understanding of various strands of FRA work, touching on for instance the right to asylum, protection in the event of removal, non-discrimination, anti-racism, and rights of the child.

Before joining the Agency she managed project teams in the areas of capacity-building and research, as well as inter-governmental policy dialogues to strengthen migration governance at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). She has also worked at the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UN-HABITAT) in Nairobi, Kenya and at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 

She holds a master’s degree in international relations, with a major in public international law and a specialisation in human rights law.