Dr. Friederike Lange is Head of Digital Finance, Payment Services and Cybersecurity at the German Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin. Before stepping into her current position, she headed Financial Market Regulation Strategy and Capital Markets Union at the Ministry. She has a background in public law: Prior to joining the Ministry, she worked as an Administrative Court Judge, as a Law Clerk to the former President of the German Federal Constitutional Court, and as a researcher on comparative Constitutional Law.