Michael Koplovsky

Michael Koplovsky is a former senior US diplomat, trade negotiator, university professor, and private sector Brussels lobbyist. He is a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe and Senior Advisor at Kreab.

During his diplomatic career, he successfully concluded bilateral accords on five continents, led US delegations to trilateral NAFTA trade talks, and conducted multilateral negotiations at the UN and at the OECD. In Brussels, he has worked with the private sector specializing in competition, taxation, digital policy, and intellectual property. He also served as Director for Mexican Affairs and Deputy Director for Andean Affairs at the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR). Prior to joining the US Government, he worked in the World Bank’s Strategic Planning Division.

He holds degrees from the Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and the U.S. Naval War College. He has also studied at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and the Universite Libre de Bruxelles’s Institute d’etudes europeenes in Brussels.