Julia Friedlander
Julia Friedlander is the CEO of Atlantik-Brücke, a leading nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that aims to strengthen transatlantic cooperation between Germany, Europe and America. Julia is an expert on transatlantic economic relations, EU economic policy, and financial regulation and sanctions. Prior to joining Atlantik-Brücke, she was a C. Boyden Gray Senior Fellow and Director of the Economics Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council's GeoEconomics Center. She previously served as senior policy advisor for Europe in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, where she collaborated with EU partners on global sanctions policy and combatting illicit finance. She was also Director for the European Union, Southern Europe and Economic Affairs at the National Security Council, and previously held multiple analytical positions within the Central Intelligence Agency.
Julia Friedlander Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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CEO
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C. Boyden Gray Senior Fellow, Director of Economic Statecraft Initiative
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Director for the European Union, Southern Europe, and Economic Affairs, National Security Council
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Senior Policy Advisor for Europe, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes
Academic History
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M.A., International Energy Policy, International Relations
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A.B., European History and Politics
WHITE HOUSE & TREASURY
Julia was Director for the European Union, Southern europe and Economic Affairs at the National Security Council.
She was in charge of coordinating U.S. interagency policy on transatlantic relations and the European Union for White House.
Her work encompassed all aspects of security and economic relations, but focused on trade, financial policy, and investment security.
EARLY CAREER
At the CIA, she focused on global economic stability and energy security.
She was a Young Leader of the Munich Security Conference and the Atlantik-Brücke.