Pat Cox
President European Movement International

He is the recently retired President of the European Parliament, was an active campaigner for the successful enlargement of the European Union and the European Parliament senior representative on the Intergovernmental Conference on the Constitutional Treaty of the EU.

Having worked as an economist and broadcaster, Pat Cox was first elected to the
European Parliament in 1989, leading the Liberal Democrat group there from 1998 to
2002.

Earlier he was the founding Secretary General of the Progressive Democrats in Ireland and a Member of Dail Eireann (Irish Parliament) in the early nineties.

Born in Ireland in 1952, married with six children, Cox graduated from Trinity College in Dublin in 1974.

Languages – English, French, Irish

Pro bono activity:
President of the European Movement International, Brussels
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Crisis Group, Brussels
Member of the Board of Trustees Friends of Europe, Brussels
Member of the Board, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business,
Member of the President’s Consultative Board, University College Cork
Patron of the Blue Box Creative Learning Centre, Limerick, Ireland

Business activity:
Member Microsoft European Advisory Council
Member Pfizer Europe Advisory Council
Member of the Conseil de Surveillance Michelin
Director Tiger Developments Europe
Member of APCO Worldwide International Advisory Council

Testimonials

"We engaged Pat to speak at a dinner we were hosting for key members of the business community in Cork. He was top class and gave a fascinating insight into the workings of the EU.  It is rare that a speaker can hold an audience for forty minutes in the way Pat does.  We were delighted with the feedback we received from this event."
Rhona Abbey, Marketing Manager, Ernst & Young, March 2012

"We found him fascinating. We had scheduled him in for 40 mins speaking and 20 mins Q&A (and I thought 40 mins speaking was a lot for anyone!) but he spoke for about 75 mins and it was all really good. Delighted he was able to come along on the day. He gave a really interesting insight into the workings behind Europe and the Eurozone which hit home all the more as it’s such a current news item."
Orla Kavanagh, Marketing KPMG, November 2011

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