Paul Edward Adamson is a British editor and the chairman of Forum Europe and founder of

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. Adamson has also been involved in other organizations, including

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, YouGov-Cambridge, and Covington. He was made an Officer of the

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in 2012 and Chevalier in the

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by the French government in 2016.

Early life

Adamson was born in Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom. He is married to Denyse Molaro, and has two children. He resides in Brussels, Belgium.

Career

Adamson became the chairman of Forum Europe. Additionally, he founded

, an online magazine dedicated to covering the

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and Europe's place in the world. He was a Senior European Policy Advisor at Covington, a member of

's Council of Advisors, sits on the external advisory board of YouGov-Cambridge (a polling

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), is a member of the advisory group of the Washington European Society and of the Brussels chapter of Women in International Security (WiiS). Adamson is a Visiting Professor at the Policy Institute,

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, a patron of the

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(the academic association of Contemporary European Studies), and a Fellow of the UK

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. He founded the consulting firm Adamson Associates, which was sold to

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and The Centre and was later sold to Edelman. In 2012, Adamson was made an Officer of the

“for services to promoting understanding of the European Union”, a part of the Queen's 2012

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Diplomatic Service and Overseas List. In 2016 he was made a Chevalier in the Ordre national du Mérite by the French government. He is a member of the advisory board of the

Centre for European Reform The Centre for European Reform (CER) is a London-based think tank that focuses on matters of European integration. It is a prominent source of ideas and commentary in debates about a wide range of EU-related issues, both in the United Kingdom and in ...

References

External links

E!SharpWIIS - Women in International Security Brussels
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adamson, Paul E. Living people British editors Officers of the Order of the British Empire Year of birth missing (living people)