About Me

CURRICULUM VITAE – Jonathan SCHEELE

 Born:                                       7 November 1948

                                                    Married, two adult children

 Nationality:                          British

 Languages:                            English (mother tongue); French, Romanian and German (fluent)

 Education:                             1955-1966              Brentwood School, Essex

                                                     1967-1970             Trinity Hall, Cambridge, M.A. (Cantab.)

                                                                                          Pt. I          Mechanical Sciences Tripos (Electrical Engineering)

                                                                                          Pt. II         Economics Tripos

Career:

2007-                      Director for Transport Logistics, Trans-European Transport Networks and Co-Modality, Directorate-                                   General for Energy and Transport

 2006-2007         Adviser, later Head of Unit for TEN-T Project Management, Directorate for Trans-European Networks

 2001-2006          Head of Delegation of the European Commission in Romania

 1999-2001           Head of Division ‘Southeast Asia’, Directorate-General for External Relations, European Commission, Brussels.  (Acting Director ‘Asia (except Japan and Korea)’ from 1.11.2000 to 30.4.2001).

 1993-1999           Head of Division ‘International Relations’, Directorate-General for Transport, European Commission, Brussels       (Responsible for international questions in transport, particularly enlargement issues, including all transport policy aspects, infrastructure development in third countries, and PHARE projects, and also for international trade in services)

 1989-1992           Head of Services Section, Directorate-General for External Relations, European Commission, Brussels (Community Negotiator in Uruguay Round on Trade in Services)

 1988                       Principal Administrator, Steering Group Uruguay Round, Directorate-General for External Relations, European Commission, Brussels

 1982-1988           First Secretary – later Counsellor, Permanent Delegation of EC in Geneva  (Trade matters, especially GATT and, later, Geneva international organisations generally)

 1980-1982           Administrator, Textiles Division, Directorate-General for External Relations, European Commission, Brussels  (Textile negotiations with Mediterranean and African countries, Alternate Member of GATT Textiles Surveillance Body)

 1976-1980           Administrator, Mediterranean Division, Directorate-General for External Relations, European Commission, Brussels  (Relations with Greece, Cyprus, Yugoslavia, textiles and steel questions, including EC accession issues, for entire North Mediterranean, GATT matters, etc.)

 1974-1976           Administrator, Textiles Division, Directorate-General for Industrial Affairs, European Commission, Brussels  (Internal industrial policy on textiles and leather, external policy on leather and footwear)

 1973-1974            Sales and Marketing Analyst, Austin-Morris Division, BLMC, Longbridge, Birmingham  (Short-term sales forecasting and analysis in the motor industry)

 1970-1973            Unilever Management Trainee, Thames Case Ltd., Purfleet, Essex (Marketing and sales training in fibreboard cases)

 1966-1967             Student Apprentice, Marconi Co. Ltd., Chelmsford, Essex  (General engineering training)