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)
December 27, 2011 at 9:03 pm
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