Anthony L. Gardner

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. ==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. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 12, 2014. 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. ==References==