Jim Cloos

Jim Cloos is a Luxembourg diplomat and senior European official. Mr Cloos serves as Secretary General of TEPSA (Trans European Policy Studies Association) and Senior Associate Fellow at the Egmont Institute, Brussels. 

He served as Director responsible for transatlantic relations, the UN and counter-terrorism at the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU (2001-2006), Director for General Policy Questions (2006-2010) and Director General for General and Institutional Policy (2010-21). 

Previously, he held senior positions in the European Commission as Head of Cabinet to the Commissioner for Agriculture (1993-95) and Head of Cabinet to European Commission President Jacques Santer (1995-99), also serving as EU Sherpa for G7/G8 summits.  

Mr Cloos holds a first-class degree in Russian and Linguistics from the University of Reading, a Diplôme d'Études Approfondies in Soviet and Eastern European Studies from Sciences Po Paris, and further qualifications in international trade from the University of Paris.