Breakfast with the U.S. Embassy 

Event Description:

The Greater Birmingham Transatlantic Chamber of Commerce welcomes you to a breakfast event to gain insight from the U.S. Embassy.

Rosemary Gallant, the Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in London and Gus Franklyn-Bute, Senior Regional Investment Advisor will be highlighting their most active sectors, recent trade trends and inform businesses of the upcoming 2022 SelectUSA Investment Summit.

Speakers:

Rosemary Gallant, Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in London

Rosemary Gallant, a career member of the United States Senior Foreign Service, took up her duties at the U.S. Embassy in London in August 2019 as the Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs.  She is focused on supporting the U.S.-UK commercial relationship, promoting investment into the United States, providing information on Brexit and other issues to U.S. firms and helping advice the U.S. government on bilateral trade issues.

Prior to her assignment in London, Ms. Gallant served as the Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. In Jakarta, she created an Aviation Working Group working with FAA, TSA and other USG agencies and a wide range of U.S. companies. Before Indonesia, Ms. Gallant served as the Principal Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, responsible for trade promotion and commercial affairs in the Beijing consular district.

Rosemary Gallant joined the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of China to work on bilateral trade policy issues. She subsequently worked as a Commercial Officer at the US Consulate Generals in Shanghai and Hong Kong and as a senior international trade specialist at the Export Assistance Center in Connecticut. Ms. Gallant was the Deputy Senior Commercial Officer at the American Institute in Taiwan and the Commercial Attaché responsible for trade programs at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium.  She is a member of the Board of Directors of BritishAmerican Business.

Ms. Gallant graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Chinese and Economics. She is married to Jonathan Gallant; the couple has two grown daughters. She speaks Chinese, French, Bahasa Indonesia and English.

Gus Franklyn-Bute, Senior Regional Investment Advisor at the US embassy in London

Gus Franklyn-Bute is Senior Regional Investment Advisor for the UK market in U.S. Commercial Service, based in U.S. Embassy London. Gus manages “SelectUSA” – a federal program established to drive economic growth and create jobs in the U.S. Gus provides strategic market entry advice to companies of all sizes and from all industries and advise U.S. state and city economic development offices on international foreign direct investment strategies.

Prior to joining the U.S. Commercial Service, Gus held similar roles advising C-suite executives and entrepreneurs the UK, Baltic States, Switzerland and Russia on Asia markets, including Greater China, on expansion and investment for the Hong Kong government. Gus also consulted with the Commonwealth Secretariat, advising countries on national trade and FDI policy and strategies. He held similar roles with national and multilateral organizations, like the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN FAO). Gus also held other positions in the private sector, including in financial services major corporations such as Jardine Matheson and Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.

Gus graduated from SOAS University of London with an MSc in Development Studies.

Agenda

We are intending to hold this event in person, however should COVID-19 guidelines change we would postpone the date of event. As this is a member only event we have not published the exact location of the event but will include it in your booking confirmation details which will be issued one week ahead of the event.

If you don’t receive the event details the day prior to the event, then please get in touch with the Event Manager by emailing events@birmingham-chamber.com. If you book on the day of the event, you will also receive the joining instructions before the event goes live.

Address:

Birmingham
City Centre
B1