Background
Gardner, Anthony Laurence was born on May 16, 1963 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Richard Newton and Danielle Almeida (Luzzatto) Gardner.
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Anthony Laurence Gardner
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Gardner holds a Bachelor in Government from Harvard University, an Master of Philosophy in International Relations from Oxford University, a Juris Doctor 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
He was sworn in on February 18, 2014. Before becoming United States. ambassador to the European Union, 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 General Electric 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 1994-1995. In 2013, he was appointed by President Obama to head the United States 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.
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He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has served as Trustee of the Guggenheim United Kingdom Charitable Trust, and a Board Member for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.
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