Julien Guerrier
Born
4 June 1969, France
Nationality
French
Education
Graduated from Ecole Polytechnique, France; Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, France;
MBA des Ponts (Master in International Business).
Career history
April 2008
General Manager, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation & Counsellor, Delegation of the European Commission to Japan
The EU-Japan Centre is a unique venture between the European Commission and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) aimed at improving EU and Japanese companies' competitiveness and cooperation by facilitating exchanges of experience and know-how between EU and Japanese businesses. It is based in Tokyo and has an office in Brussels.
2005-2008
Deputy Head of Unit for Investment and Trade in Services, Directorate-General for Trade, European Commission, Brussels
Negotiations of services and investment aspects of Bilateral Trade Agreements (with the Gulf Cooperation Council, India, South Korea, Chile and other trading partners), Economic and Partnership Agreements (with Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries), the Doha Development Round, and accessions to the World Trade Organisation. Negotiation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
2002-2005
Negotiator, European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade, Brussels
In charge of multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations with third countries, for audio-visual and cultural services, computer & telecom services and construction. Coordination of the negotiations on all services sectors with China, Vietnam (including WTO accession negotiations) and monitoring of China's implementation of its international commitments for trade in services.
1996-2001
Director, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, Brussels
1994-1996
Official, Industrial Policy Directorate, European Commission, Brussels
Responsible for the industrial policy dialogue with Japan and industrial relations with Korea.
1992-1993
Official seconded by the French Ministry of Equipment to Japan's Ministry of Construction, Tokyo & Niigata
1991
Joined the French Ministry of Equipment
Feasibility study for an urban highway in Rouen
Julien Guerrier speaks Japanese and several European languages, and is the author of "Nipponite" (Les Editions d'Organisation, 1994).