17:30, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 - AUDITORIUM
EU Enlargement: The Challenges Ahead
Michael Leigh
Director-General of the European Commission on Enlargement
MICHAEL LEIGH
Professional experience in the European Institutions:
- 2006-date Director-General for Enlargement
- 2003-2005 Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General External Relations, responsible for European Neighbourhood Policy, relations with Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia, Middle East and South Mediterranean
- 2000-2003 Director, Directorate-General Enlargement, Turkey, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Malta, Romania
- 1998-2000 Director (1999), Negotiator for the Czech Republic, Task Force for the Accession Negotiations
- 1993-1998 Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Hans van den Broek
- 1989-1992 Member of the Cabinet of Mr. Frans Andriessen, Vice-President
- 1988-1989 Member of Cabinet of Lord Cockfield, Vice-President
- 1985-1988 Directorate-General for External Relations. Horizontal unit North-South Relations
- 1982-1985 Directorate-General for Information. Press and Information, desk officer for UK, Ireland and Denmark
- 1980-1982 Directorate-General for Fisheries, European Commission. International fisheries negotiations, bilateral and multilateral
- 1977-1980 Directorate-General for External Relations, Secretariat-General, Council of the European Communities
Professional experience before joining the European Institutions:
- 1976-1977 Assistant Professor of International Relations, John Hopkins University Bologna Center
- 1974-1976 Lecturer in International Relations, University of Sussex
Dr. Leigh's background is in political science; he holds a B.A. from Oxford University as well as a PhD from M.I.T. He has published and lectured on European integration, foreign policy and international relations at Wellesley College, the University of Sussex, and Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center.
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