Anthony L. Gardner
United States Ambassador to the European Union
In office
March 18, 2014 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byWilliam Kennard
Succeeded byGordon Sondland
Personal details
Born
Anthony Luzzatto Gardner

(1963-05-16) May 16, 1963
Political partyDemocratic
RelativesRichard N. Gardner (Father)[1] Nicolas Gardner (Son) Alejandra Gardner (Daughter)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Balliol College, Oxford (MPhil)
Columbia University (JD)
London Business School (MSc)

Anthony Luzzatto Gardner (born May 16, 1963) was the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. He was sworn in on February 18, 2014, and left his post on January 20, 2017.[2][3]

In 2020, he authored the book Stars with Stripes which "provides an analytic and accessible approach to how the US and EU have worked together efficiently on numerous core issues such as trade, the digital economy, climate change and more."[4] The book was included in the list of best foreign policy books of 2020 published by Foreign Affairs magazine.[5]

Education

A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy in 1981, Gardner holds a BA in Government from Harvard University, an MPhil in International Relations from Oxford University, a JD from Columbia Law School, and a Masters in Finance from London Business School. He is fluent in French and Italian, and is conversant in Spanish.[2]

Career

Gardner is currently Managing Partner of Brookfield's private equity group, based in London. Before becoming U.S. ambassador to the EU, Gardner was managing director for six years at a private equity firm based in London. Before that he worked for both Bank of America and GE Capital in London, as well as for several international law firms in London, Brussels, Paris and New York. He also worked with the European Commission (Directorate General for Competition Policy), the Commission des Operations de Bourse in Paris and the Treuhandanstalt (German Privatization Ministry) in Berlin.[2] He has lived in London with his family since July 2000.

Diplomatic career

Gardner served as Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council in 1994-95.[2] In 2013, he was appointed by President Obama to head the US Mission to the European Union. In his testimony before the Senate on October 31, 2013, he noted that one of his most important objectives would be to "help conclude an ambitious Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or T-TIP, that will position our economies for success in the 21st century."[6] He was confirmed by the Senate on February 12, 2014.[7]

He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the advisory boards of the Centre for European Reform, the European Policy Centre the American EC Association and Seed Global Health. He is a Senior non-resident fellow of the German Marshall Fund. He has served as trustee of the Guggenheim UK Charitable Trust, and a board member for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.[2]

He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Brookfield Business Partners between June 2017 and June 2020, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Scottish Power between August 2017 and April 2018. He was appointed member of the Board of Directors of Iberdrola in April 2018.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Ebner, Sarah (January 12, 2018). "Diplomat Anthony Luzzatto Gardner Rediscovers his Heritage". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Anthony Luzzatto Gardner". USEU.usmission.gov. Archived from the original on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Chargé d'Affaires Adam Shub". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  4. ↑ "Anthony Gardner | Government| International affairs | Chartwell Speakers". Expert Keynote and Motivational Speakers | Chartwell Speakers. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  5. ↑ "The Best of Books 2020 | Foreign Affairs". Foreign Affairs. 31 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Testimony of Anthony Luzzatto Gardner Ambassador-Designate to the European Union" (PDF). foreign.senate.gov. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Congressional Record 113th Congress (2013-2014)". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Iberdrola espera ganar más en 2018 y deja en manos de la CNMV el conflicto con Siemens". cadenaser.com. Cadena SER. 13 April 2018.
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