Mark Leonard

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform, London

Mark Leonard is Director of Foreign Policy at the London-based Centre for European Reform where he writes on Europe’s relations with the United States, the Middle East and China.

He also writes regular features for the Financial Times Magazine. Mr. Leonard acts an adviser to companies and governments on foreign policy, the future of Europe and polictical communications.

He serves on the British Government’s “Public Diplomacy Strategy Board” — and works regularly with the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas for clients ranging from the European Commission to Prada.

Until the beginning of 2005, Mr. Leonard was Director of the Foreign Policy Centre, a think tank he helped found at the age of 24. Before that, he worked as a researcher for Demos, where he ran the Europe programme, as well as writing the Britain