Andreas Hartl is Head of Division VIA 3 (Data Regulation and Data Economy) in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). His division is responsible for the EU's Data Governance Act, the Open Data and Public Sector Information Directive and the Free flow on non-personal data Regulation. Jointly with the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transportation it is also in the lead for the EU Data Act.

Andreas studied law at Marburg University and took the second state exam in 2004. From 2004 until 2011 he entered employment at the Federal Network Agency, most recently involved in frequency regulation. He joined the BMWK in 2012 as Deputy Head of the division responsible for general issues of telecommunication, competitive and regulatory issues of digitization. In August 2017, he was appointed Head of Division “Artificial Intelligence, Data Economy, Blockchain”. His division was in charge inter alia for the EU AI Act, Data Governance Act and Data Act as well as the Open Data and Public Sector Information Directive, including the national implementation, and the Free flow on non-personal data Regulation. From May through December 2022 he served as Chair of the OECD Working Party Artificial Intelligence Governance (OECD WP AIGO). From October 2022 through May 2024 he was assigned as Head of Division “Telecommunications, Media Industry, Postal Services”.