Mr James O'Dowd

James O’Dowd is Director of Government Affairs with Transatlantic Public Affairs. He provides regular reporting and analysis on EU legislative developments, the EU Financial and Sovereign Debt Crisis and also assists US multinationals and private equity funds with the planning and execution of their investment and corporate affairs strategies in Ireland and the European Union.

James previously worked in the European Parliament as a political adviser to Vice-Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, Geoffrey Van Orden MEP who was also Defence Spokesman. Before working at the European Parliament James interned at IHS Jane’s Country Risk Desk, AKE Intelligence Risk Solutions and the Center for Global Development in Washington D.C. James graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a first class honours degree in History and Political Science. He obtained an MA in International Peace & Security jointly from the Department of War Studies and the School of Law at King’s College London.