Emanuel Adam is Chief Trade and Policy Officer and an Executive Director at BritishAmerican Business. Based out of Washington, D.C., Emanuel is responsible for the development and execution of the organisation’s wider policy advocacy and trade & investment portfolio in both the U.S. and the UK.      

As part of his role, Emanuel manages BAB’s relationship with U.S. and UK Governments and external stakeholders, he oversees the engagement and work of BAB’s Trade and Policy Groups, and he serves as spokesperson for the organisation.     

Over the course of his career, Emanuel has authored and co-authored numerous articles and publications on issues such as data flows, tax, labor mobility, skills, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and trade. Emanuel has coordinated business input to several major trade negotiations, such as TTIP, the Brexit talks, the UK-U.S. FTA and other bilateral agreements around innovation, mobility, aviation, tariffs, and data flows. He regularly speaks at public events and comments in public media on current events. Emanuel has been widely recognized by both the UK and U.S. Governments for his trade outreach campaigns and his approach to making trade promotion accessible to smaller businesses.      

Before assuming his current position, Emanuel led BAB’s London/UK office, and held further positions at BAB as Analyst, Policy and Public Affairs Manager and Head of Policy & Trade. Prior to joining BAB, Emanuel was a Policy Advisor at the Trans-Atlantic Business Council (TABC) and EU Administrator at the former TransAtlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) in Brussels, Belgium.