16: Mehr Gemeinschaft in der Europäischen Verteidigung

Rudy PRIEM

Senior Government Relations Manager for Security and Defense, Europe, United Technologies Corporation, Brussels

	Rudy joined the UTC Government Relations team in Brussels on April 1st, 2010. He is responsible for communicating the positions and concerns of UTC in matters of defense, space and security to European and NATO decision makers, as well as for monitoring and advising the business units of UTC on EU and NATO rulemaking and policy decisions.
	Prior to joining UTC, Rudy served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Belgian Air Force. During his military career, Rudy dealt mainly with operational and acquisition logistics and he lived and worked twice in the USA (as F-16 Liaison Officer at Hill Air Force Base in Utah (1990-1994), and as Defense Cooperation Attaché and Director Belgian Military Supply Office (for FMS + DCS Purchases) in Washington, DC (2005- 2009). From 2005 to 2009, in Washington DC, Rudy was also the Head of the Belgian Delegation to the Defense MOU Attachés Group (DMAG) and founding member/first Chairman of the Foreign Procurement Group (FPG)’s Foreign Commercial Procurement Working Group (FCPWG). Rudy holds the Meritorious Service Medal for meritorious non-combat service to the U.S.
	Rudy is a 1984 graduate of the Belgian Royal Military Academy, where he obtained a master’s degree in Military and Aeronautical Sciences. In 2000, Rudy obtained a master after master’s degree in Public and Military Administration and earned both the Belgian Chief of Defense’s and the Belgian Joint Forces Staff College Alumni Association’s Prizes as best student. Rudy is also an alumnus of the 2011 European Session for Armament Officials (SERA) course in France and of the 2012 UTC Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) course at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
	Rudy successfully completed several other courses in Belgium and abroad, including the NATO Logistics Course (NATO Logistics School - Hamburg - Germany), the Security Assistance Management Foreign Purchaser Course (Defense Institute for Security Assistance Management (DISAM) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base - Ohio), the Logistical Support of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Course (UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) - Dag Hammarskjöld Centre - New York) and the Basics of U.S. Commercial Contracting Course (Federal Publications Seminars - Washington DC).
	Since 2010, Rudy serves as the Deputy Head of the Belgian Delegation to the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG). He’s also a member of the Economic, Legal and Trade Commission at the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) and a member of the Security and Defense Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU.
	Rudy co-chaired two NIAG studies on Transatlantic Defense Technological and Industrial Cooperation (TADIC) and is author or co-author of several position papers and articles on total quality management, performance measurement and on the U.S. export control regime.

Ph.D. M.Sc Nathalie TOCCI

Special Advisor to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome

BA (Hons), PPE - Politics, Philosophy and Economics, University College, Oxford M.Sc. in Development Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science, London Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels Ph.D. in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, London Jean Monnet Fellow, Mediterranean Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute Marie Curie Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence Senior Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Academy, Washington Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome; Editor, The International Spectator Member of the Board of Administrators, Edison Strategic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome

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2014

Nick WITNEY

Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR - European Council on Foreign Relations, London

Project Leader, Developing the Concept and Blue-Print, EDA - European Defence Agency

	Classics, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	UK Ministry of Defence
	Private Secretary to the British Ambassador, Washington
	Director-General of International Security Policy, UK Ministry of Defence
2004

Array Wolfgang WOSOLSOBE

Secretary General, Centre France Autriche, Vienna;Former Director General, European Union Military Staff, Brussels

Theresianische Militärakademie, Wiener Neustadt Infantry Officer General Staff Officers Course, Austrian Armed Forces Defence Planner École Supérieure de Guerre Interarmées and Cours Supérieur Interarmées Defence Planner; Lecturer "Strategic Management Methods", Austrian Defence Academy; Chief of Staff, Territorial Command of Salzburg Military Advisor for Disarmament, Austrian Diplomatic Mission, Geneva Defence Attaché (colonel) to France Commander, Austrian Special Forces Director for Military Policy Brigadier General Defence Policy Director, during the Austrian presidency of the EU-Council Military Representative, Brussels Major General Dean, EUMC - European Union Military Committee Director General, EUMS - European Union Military Staff Lieutenant General

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Ph.D. Giovanni FALEG

Associate Research Fellow, CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels; Consultant, The World Bank Group, Washington, D.C.

Associate Research Fellow, CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels Researcher, IAI - Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome Advisory Services and Learning Consultant, The World Bank Group, Washington, D.C. Doctorate in European Studies, LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science, London

since 2011

2013-2014

since 2014

2014