Who's who

• Doctorate from the Faculty of Law of Rennes
• Graduated from Sciences-Po-Paris, Economic and Financial section
• Scholarship from the Council of Europe

Career:

• 1973: Project Manager at the 'Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique'. In charge of a study on the legal structure of multinational companies in Europe
• 1974-1976: Head of the Legal service, then Deputy Secretary-General of the 'Groupe Sablières de la Seine –Béton de Paris' (Lafarge Group)
• 1977-1994: Head of Service, Director, then Director General (from 1988) of the CEFS, the European Sugar Manufacturers Association
• 1994-1996: Secretary-General of COPA-COGECA, which represents in Brussels the European farmers' unions
• 1997-present: Founder and CEO of CLAN Public Affairs, a company specialized in consultancy in European affairs, and today one of the main EU consultancies in Brussels

Official functions:

• President of the inter-professional beet-sugar association in Europe (1990-1992)
• Vice-President of the Advisory Committee for Sugar
• President of the 'Groupe Paritaire pour le Dialogue Social Européen'
• President of the 'World Bretons Diaspora (Organisation des Bretons de l’Extérieur, OBE) (1994-1996)

Academic and pedagogical functions:

• Associate lecturer at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (Master in European Affairs)
• Lecturer at the 'Institut Technique de Banque' (Paris, 1983-1988)
• Co-manager of Europe Information Service
• Founder of the first lobbying school (EIPAL, 1992)
• Chairman of European Training Institute

Publications:

• Founder of 'Editions Apogée', 1991
• Author of 12 books among which:
  
  
  • 'A practical guide to the EU Labyrinth', translated in 20 languages
  • 'Le Parlement européen, pour une Europe des citoyens'
  • 'L’Europe à contre-sens'
  • 'Comitology : The Hidden Power of the EU'
  • 'The Euro: Europe’s Construction or Destruction?'
• Editorial writer for many newspapers and medias

Distinctions: Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur
Ordre européen du mérite (Belgian Chapter)

Robin Pedler is an Associate Fellow of Templeton, the college of Oxford University that specialises in Management Studies. He is Director of ETI, Brussels.

He studied at the Sorbonne and the University of Cambridge, graduating with first class honours. His research and writing interests includes: public affairs, EU process & politics and trade policy.

He had a varied career in international management, culminating as Director, External Relations Europe, with Mars. In 1991 he returned to academic life.

He now works with both industrial managers and civil servants. He has conducted ‘EU Presidency ‘ training with Belgium, Finland, Sweden and UK. He is a consultant on international trade issues.

He speaks fluently, lectures and conducts business in English, French and Spanish and also speaks Dutch and German

A SELECTION OF MR PEDLER’S RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• EUROPEAN UNION LOBBYING: CHANGES IN THE ARENA – 14 Case Studies Robin Pedler (ed.) Palgrave, London 2002
• THE EU IN THE WTO – Chapter in – THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION IN THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY Eds. Boyd, Gavin and Rugman, Alan Edward Elgar, London 2001
• ENVISAGING THE FUTURE – SCENARIOS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PRACTICE –
• International Journal of Public Affairs 1(2) June 2001
• COMO TRATAR CON BRUSELAS – La Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona, 2001
• MARKET AND PRICE TRANSPARENCY – European Business Handbook, CBI London 2000
• PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN THE EU – THE GROWING ROLE OF NGOS
• International Journal of Communication Management 3(3), April 1999
• THE EU GROWS WIDER AND DEEPER Chapter in FT MASTERING GLOBAL MANAGEMENT.
  Financial Times London, 1998.
• SHAPING EUROPEAN LAW AND POLICY – THE ROLE OF COMMITTEES AND COMITOLOGY IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS Eds Pedler and Schaeffer, EIPA Maastricht 1996
• A BUSINESS GUIDE TO LOBBYING THE EUROPEAN UNION Cartermill, London, 1996
• Chapters: Opening Brussels to Business, Competition Policy, International Trade
• LOBBYING THE EUROPEAN UNION - COMPANIES, TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND ISSUE GROUPS 14 case studies, Eds Pedler and van Schendelen, Dartmouth, Aldershot, 1994
• THE GATT SETTLEMENT - WHAT’S IN IT FOR ZAMBIA? Article in Profit Magazine Lusaka, 1995
• DIRECTING CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, IOD, London 1990