Message from the CEO

I am delighted to introduce you to AECA, the American European Community Association, firmly established at the heart of the European Union as an independent, non-profit and non-partisan International Association. For the past 40 years, AECA provides a forum and exclusive platform for senior business leaders and policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean to meet and discuss the most pressing policy issues of our times. Through its exclusive programme of high-level roundtable meetings, AECA continues to attract the very highest level speakers. Neither a think tank nor a lobbying force, we remain committed to providing our members with unique opportunities to engage in high-level dialogues. Participants share ideas, experience and vision. We offer opportunities for exchange, mutual understanding and making an impact, in moving the needle!

Christophe de Callataÿ, Chief Executive Officer

Mission

The mission of the American European Community Association (AECA) is to promote and facilitate international cooperation and understanding through TransAtlantic dialogue. Founded as an independent, non-partisan, non-profit international association, AECA provides a neutral forum in Brussels, the political capital of Europe, for senior members of the international business, political, government and diplomatic communities. Through high level dialogue, AECA aims to provide its members with unique opportunities to engage in meaningful debates on a wide range of policy issues that contribute to better economic policymaking in Europe and beyond.

Jean-Claude Juncker,

President of the European Commission

“The relationship between the European Union and the United States provides political stability and economic progress. A continuous debate between the two partners, to safeguard this partnership, is of critical importance to the interest of our citizens and the global community. AECA provides a unique platform for such debate. I therefore welcome and strongly support the work of AECA.”

H.E. Anthony L. Gardner,

Honorary Ambassador of the United States to the EU

“Both in my capacity as a U.S. official and having lived many years as a private American citizen in Europe, I know first-hand the important role AECA plays in advancing transatlantic relations. By bringing together Americans and Europeans from different backgrounds and fields of expertise, you build bridges between our continents and further understanding between the peoples of the United States and Europe.”