Speaker Bio

Anthony (Tony) Agotha (1970, USA) is a Dutch diplomat who is currently Ambassadoratlarge/EU Special Envoy for Climate and Environment (EEAS, MD GLOBAL). Previously he worked in the cabinets of First/Executive Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans as senior diplomatic adviser contributing to the European Green Deal.

Tony Agotha joined the Netherlands Diplomatic Service in 1996 and held numerous diplomatic posts at HQ and in the EU. He studied Public Administration & Political Science at the University of Twente (1995) and wrote his Masters’ thesis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC) as a visiting scholar on the Reagan Defense Budget. Tony Agotha is married with four children (and two big dogs). He loves baseball, running, reading, and family time.