Keynote Speaker: Sven Gentner, Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America

Sven's bio:

Since October 2013, Sven Gentner is Counsellor in the Economic and Financial Affairs Section of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. He deals with EU-US regulatory issues and TTIP negotiations in financial services as well as transatlantic issues in key EU internal market policy fields like public procurement, services and IPR.
Sven joined the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, in 2004 and has served in various positions in its Brussels headquarters prior to joining the Delegation in Washington. From 2004-2006 he was responsible for the coordination of the EU-US Financial Markets Regulatory Dialogue, in 2006 he served as a member of the private office (cabinet) of Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, from 2007-2011 he was executive assistant to the Director General of Directorate General Internal Market and Services (with special responsibility for financial services). In 2011 he was also seconded for several months to the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa to advise the AUC on the building of an African internal market. From 2012 to 2013 he was head of unit for human resources and planning in DG Internal Market and Services.  Sven started his professional career with Allianz Insurance in Munich where he was executive assistant to the CEO of the Bavarian subsidiary of Allianz plc.
Sven holds masters degrees in economics from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, and the University of York, UK. He is married with two daughters and lives in Washington, DC.

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