Rob Mulligan is Senior Vice President International for AeA, the largest U.S. high-tech trade association, representing about 2,500 U.S.-based technology companies.  He manages the Washington, D.C. international policy staff, oversees the office in Brussels, assists with management of a Beijing office, and represents AeA on international issues before the U.S. Congress and the U.S. and foreign governments.

Prior to joining AeA, Mr. Mulligan served for seven years as Assistant Vice President International External Affairs for The Chubb Corporation, a global commercial specialty insurer with offices in 35 countries.  He was responsible for developing and implementing the corporation’s international strategy for interacting with governments and business organizations worldwide on issues related to trade policy, insurance regulation, and business development. He was also an advisor to the President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. 

From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Mulligan lived and worked in Prague, Czech Republic as the Executive Director of the Central Europe Institute, a non-profit organization providing business training and consulting to entrepreneurs in the Czech and Slovak Republics.  He managed a multicultural staff of 25 people in five offices. 

Before moving to Europe, Mr. Mulligan had been a Senior Washington Representative with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association for four years advocating member company views on key health care issues before U.S. Congress.  From 1984 to 1987, he worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce as an International Trade Specialist responsible for handling trade policy matters related to the U.S. entertainment industry.  He began his career in Columbus, Ohio as a litigation attorney with the firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease.

Mr. Mulligan has an MBA from the Solvay Business School at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium 1996), where he was 1^st in his class, a J.D. from the Ohio State University College of Law (Columbus, Ohio 1980) and a B.A. in History from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio 1977).  

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