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Anthony Gardner

Conference Speaker Anthony Gardner - By Promotivate Speaker Agency

Anthony Gardner

Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council


Belgium

England

Europe

United Kingdom

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    Anthony Gardner was the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. He fulfilled this role from 2014 to 2017 and has devoted over 27 years of his career to U.S.-European affairs as a government official and lawyer.

    As U.S. Ambassador, he saw Anthony Gardner play an important role in numerous U.S.-EU relationships. Amongst these were the conclusion of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement, the Privacy Shield Agreement, and the Umbrella Agreement. The latter two concerned the transfer of personal data by companies based in Europe and the transfer of data between law enforcement authorities, respectively. He also played a role in the U.S.-EU coordination of sanctions against Russia after its Crimea annexation.

    Anthony Gardner is an advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and holds a senior advisory role at Brunswick Group, a leading global communications and public affairs group. Additionally, Gardner contributes his expertise as a vice president of the Board of Iberdrola, a major global utility company, demonstrating his breadth of knowledge in finance and international business. Gardner’s insights and experiences from his diplomatic career culminated in the authorship of “Stars with Stripes: The Essential Partnership between the European Union and the United States,” published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2020. This book, acclaimed by Foreign Affairs as one of the best foreign policy books 2020, offers a comprehensive analysis of the Eu-uS partnership, underscoring its critical importance in global politics and economics.

    Anthony Gardner – Speaker

    As a conference speaker, Anthony Gardner focuses on EU data digital policy and trans-Atlantic trade. He splits his time between London and Brussels and presents in English.

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    • “Thanks to his deep personal and professional roots in Europe, Ambassador Gardner displayed a rare understanding of European affairs and improved US-EU commercial and political ties at a critical time in the relationship. During his tenure he made relations with the European Parliament a priority on important issues relating to trade, data privacy and the digital economy.”

      Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament

      • Anthony Gardner “Thanks to his deep personal and professional roots in Europe, Ambassador Gardner displayed a rare understanding of European affairs and improved US-EU commercial and political ties at a critical time in the relationship. During his tenure he made relations with the European Parliament a priority on important issues relating to trade, data privacy and the digital economy.”
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