CURRICULUM  VITAE

Bruno Julien

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005 to present

Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand

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1) Career at the European Commission :

• Environment Directorate-General

  2001-2005 Head of the LIFE Unit

Technical and financial management of the LIFE programme - the EU's financial instrument for the environment (around 800 projects)

1995-2001 Head of Unit

. Technical and financial management of nature conservation (LIFE Nature) projects.

• Member of the Spokesman's Service .

  1993-1994  Spokesman for Commissioners Van Miert (Competition, Personnel) and   Paleokrassas (Environment, Fisheries)

  1990-1992 Spokesman for Commissioner Van Miert (Transport, Consumer Affairs and Environment)

  1989-1990  Spokesman for Commissioner MacSharry (Agriculture)

•  Agriculture Directorate-General

1987-1989 Principal administrator Economic affairs and general matters

Monitoring of international affairs, Secretary of the inter service group on rural development.

1983-1987 First Secretary (Agriculture) : Washington Delegation Analysis of US agriculture, agricultural trade negotiations.

1980-1983 Administrator : Agricultural structures

Preparation of the Integrated Mediterranean Programmes, and subsequently Desk Officer for the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

 2) pre European Commission

1978-1980  Associate Professor :

Institut de Gestion International Agro-Alimentaire (Groupe ESSEC, Cergy-Pontoise).

Teaching, studies and research in the area of international agri-food marketing.

1976-1977 Principal Economist : United Nations Development Programme ( Ouagadougou ).

Responsible for drawing up an agricultural development strategy at the Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS/OECD).

1972-1976 Economist : US Embassy, Paris.

Analysis of the agricultural situation in France

1971-1972 Researcher : Centre Français du Commerce Extérieur Paris.

Studies on outlets for agrifood products in third country markets.

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

• Degree in Agricultural Engineering (ENSA, Nancy, 1969)
• Specialisation diploma in Mediterranean agriculture (ENSA, Montpellier 1969)

LANGUAGES

English fluent

German fair

STUDIES AND PUBLICATIONS (in French)

• Pressure Groups in the US (Editions Skippers).
• Commercial negotiations between distributors and manufacturers in the French agrifood industry (Groupe ESSEC).
• The organisation of agrifood trade in West African countries (UNCTAD- GATT).
• Development strategy for rainfed crops in West African countries (CILSS).
• Various market studies on agrifood products (CFCE).

Ambassador Bruno Julien has French nationality, was born 20.11.43, is married to Monique and they have three children.