Anthony L. Gardner

Anthony Gardner
United States Ambassador to the European Union
In office March 18, 2014 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	William Kennard
Succeeded by	Gordon Sondland
Personal details
Born	(1963-05-16) May 16, 1963
Parent	Richard N. Gardner (father)
Alma mater	Harvard College Balliol College, Oxford Columbia University University of London

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.

Education

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, Italian, and Spanish, and also speaks German.

Career

Before becoming U.S. ambassador to the EU, Gardner was managing director for six years at Palamon Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in London. Before that he worked for both Bank of America and GE Capital in London. He also worked with the Treuhandanstalt (German Privatization Ministry) in Berlin.

Diplomatic career

Gardner served as Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council in 1994-95. 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." He was confirmed by the Senate on February 12, 2014.

He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has served as trustee of the Guggenheim UK Charitable Trust, and a board member for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

He was appointed member of the Board of Directors of Iberdrola in April 2018.