Past Event

INVITATION ONLY | Private Breakfast with David O’Sullivan, EU’s Sanctions Envoy

Wed. October 25, 2023 08:00 am - 10:00 am !

EACCNY is organizing a by-invitation only private breakfast with David O’Sullivan, EU’s Sanctions Envoy, to update our guests about the latest transatlantic efforts to implement sanctions against Russia.


GUEST OF HONOUR:

David O’Sullivan was appointed as EU’s Sanctions Envoy in December 2022 and formally took up his role in the second half of January 2023.

Prior to his appointment as Sanctions Envoy, he was a Director General of the Institute for International and European Affairs, a leading Irish think tank. Prior to that, he joined the Brussels office of the law firm of Steptoe and Johnson LLP as a Senior Counsellor (2019-2022).
David O’Sullivan served as Ambassador of the European Union Delegation to the United States from 2014 until 2019.

Prior to his appointment as Ambassador, he was the Chief Operating Officer of the EU's new diplomatic service, the ‘European External Action Service’. He had previously held a number senior positions within the European Commission including Director General for Trade (2005-2010); Secretary General of the European Commission (2000-2005); and Chief of Staff to Commission President Romano Prodi (1999-2000). Before joining the Commission, he started his career with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (1977-1979).

Ambassador O’Sullivan is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and the College of Europe (Bruges), and holds Honorary Doctorates from the Dublin Institute of Technology and Trinity College Dublin.

He was awarded the EU Transatlantic Business Award by the American Chamber of Commerce in 2014. In 2019, he was awarded the Légion D’Honneur by France and made a Grand Officier de l’Orde de Léopold by Belgium.

He is Chairman of the Governing Board of the European Policy Centre, and a Member of the Governing Board of the King Baudouin Foundation.

 

TIME:
8:00 – 8:30 AM Arrival | 8:30 – 9:30 AM Discussion | 9:30 – 10:00 AM Networking