Anthony L. Gardner

Anthony served as United States Ambassador to the European Union from February 2014 to January 2017. Prior to becoming the United States Ambassador to the European Union, Ambassador Gardner was Managing Director for six years at Palamon Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in London, that focuses on providing growth capital to fast growing businesses in a wide variety of service sectors throughout Western Europe. Previously, Ambassador Gardner served as an Executive Director in the leveraged finance departments of Bank of America and GE Capital and as a Director in the international acquisitions group of GE International, all based in London. He has also worked as a Senior Associate at international law firms in London, Paris, New York, and Brussels. Anthony is fluent in French, Italian, and Spanish, and also speaks German.