Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Mar 2018 - Feb 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Red Hat Limited (Red Hat)
EU Transparency Register
741186216712-07 First registered on 23 Mar 2015
Goals / Remit
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. We help you standardize across environments, develop cloud-native applications, and integrate, automate, secure, and manage complex environments with award-winning support, training, and consulting services.
On July 9, 2019, Red Hat, Inc. and International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Red Hat by IBM. The transaction was approved by Red Hat's stockholders at a special meeting held on January 16, 2019. As a result of the completion of the acquisition, Red Hat's common stock ceased trading on The New York Stock Exchange before the opening of the market on July 9, 2019.
Red Hat will continue to be led by Jim Whitehurst and its current management team. Whitehurst is joining IBM’s senior management team, reporting to Ginni Rometty. IBM will maintain Red Hat’s headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, its facilities, brands and practices. Red Hat will operate as a distinct unit within IBM and will be reported as part of IBM’s Cloud and Cognitive Software segment.Main EU files targeted
(i) IPR
(ii) Cybersecurity
(iii) Open Standards
(iv) e-Government Action Plan & implementation of Tallinn Declaration
(v) Industrial Policy and vertical related policy impacting digitisation
(vi) PubSec Open Source strategy & transformation
(vii) H2020 (e.g. EOSC)Address
Head Office
6700 Cork Airport Business Park
Kinsale Road
Cork
IRELANDEU Office
Square de Meeus 38/40 (4th floor)
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 30 Jan 2020
Name Start date End Date James LOVEGROVE 18 Jul 2023 17 Jul 2024 James LOVEGROVE 04 Jun 2019 30 May 2020 James LOVEGROVE 09 Feb 2018 09 Feb 2019 James LOVEGROVE 02 Feb 2017 03 Feb 2018 Paul Brownell 28 Mar 2015 26 Mar 2016 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Open Forum Europe (www.openforumeurope.org); European Committee for Interoperable Systems (www.ecis.eu); Computer and Communications Industry Association (www.ccianet.org); Free Software Foundation Europe (www.fsfe.org); Amcham EU (http://www.amchameu.eu/) , Centre for Democracy and Technology (https://cdt.org/), Digital Europe (https://www.digitaleurope.org/)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Mar 2018 - Feb 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
800,000 € (Source: H2020)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
9 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 19 Oct 2022 Location Brussels Subject Interoperability Regulation and open source Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 May 2021 Location Online - Meet Google Subject - Open source and OSPO (Open Source Programme Office) - RedHat's interest in GaiaX project - Support to DIGIT with e.g. master classes and the work with the various Units - DIGIT DG's participation in Red Hat’s European Forum (November 2021) DG Informatics Attending - Mario Campolargo (Director-General)
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Date 11 Dec 2020 Location Webex Subject 2020-2023 Commission Open Source Strategy; meeting for possible collaboration opportunities DG Informatics Attending - Mario Campolargo (Director-General)
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Date 05 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject Open source, open innovation, digital skills Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Marika Lautso-Mousnier (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 May 2018 Location Brussels Subject Open source software Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity, Open Source Software Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject DSM general Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jun 2016 Location BXL Subject cPPP DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Bodo Lehmann (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 20 Apr 2016 Location Sillicon Valley, USA Subject Open Source and case studies from public administrations DG Informatics Attending - Gertrud Ingestad (Director-General)