András Baneth

I am an EU public affairs professional who is passionate about communication, entrepreneurship and making sense of seemingly complex issues. I have created the European office of the world’s largest organization for public affairs professionals, the Public Affairs Council and also keep an eye on the company I co-founded, Arboreus Online Training.

I am proud to have authored the Ultimate EU Test Book – Europe’s no.1 best-seller book on EU exams, which has helped thousands of candidates prepare for EPSO competitions, hundreds of whom are now permanent EU officials.

My career has included seven years of experience at the European Commission and the European Court of Justice, where I coordinated briefings for Commission President Barroso, served as a member of the cabinet of Commissioner Kovács and dealt with European regulatory procedures known to experts as ‘comitology’.

I have an M.A. in Law and Political Sciences and the degree of Master of European Public Administration from the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium. I am always open to invitations to speak about European public affairs, lobbying, strategic communications, European decision-making, skill-building for government relations professionals, EPSO exams, EU communication or online entrepreneurship.

I have given presentations and held training courses for over 1000 corporate and other professionals, including:

Coca-Cola

European Commission

HEC Paris

US Mission to the EU

LG Electronics

Bayer CropScience

Glaxo SmithKline (GSK)

Telefonica and many others

Topics I often cover:

Social media and web communications for European affairs

Understanding the EU for businesses and NGOs

Coaching & training on EU decision making in practice

New comitology procedures, EU public affairs communication

Online marketing and entrepreneurship guest speaking

Coaching for EPSO exam preparation & Assessment Centre

Oral presentation, structured interview simulation