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An "Off the Record" Conversation with UK Consul General Andrew Staunton

  • 02/27/2019
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
  • Ansley Golf Club

Registration

Registration closes at 10am on Monday, February 25.

The Ansley Golf Club is located at 196 Montgomery Ferry Drive, Atlanta, GA 30309.

This event has reached maximum capacity and is now closed. Please email info@atlantacir.org if you would like to be added to the wait list.

BREXIT is looming. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is dead. What does the future hold for the United Kingdom. America's closest ally. Please join us for an "off the record" conversation with British Consul General Andrew Staunton. Seating is limited to 20 attendees.

Andrew Staunton took up his appointment in Atlanta as Her Majesty's Consul General in June 2018. Andrew is the senior UK government representative in the Southeast United States responsible for relations with the states of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama.

Before taking up his posting in Atlanta, Andrew served four years as Deputy Head of Mission and Economic Counsellor at the British Embassy in Athens. He was also Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Dublin from 2009 to 2013. Throughout both of these postings, Andrew's main focus was on the economic crises in Greece and Ireland, boosting bilateral relations, promoting the UK's interests, and working on a range of issues linked to the European Union. Prior to this, Andrew worked in the Foreign Office as Deputy Director responsible for security.

Andrew joined the UK's diplomatic service in 1987. He has also served overseas in China, France, Romania and Canada. Andrew was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He is accompanied in Atlanta by his wife, Rebecca. They have two adult children, both living in the UK.