Grayling Blog
Time to defuse the energy timebomb
Posted on 15.02.2011 by Russell Patten
Like buying a house where “location” is critical, in today’s Europe, “Energy” should be the No1. priority to secure our future! Demand for gas in the European Union (EU) is expected to increase by 20% in 2030, yet EU production will decrease by 50% during the same period. In short,…
Europe tries to span the digital divide
Posted on 19.06.2010 by Russell Patten
To what extent can you regulate the internet? How do you set about boosting internet trust whilst protecting personal data? And how can you simultaneously encourage the uptake of broadband whilst ensuring that people have the necessary “e-skills” to make full use of this technology? The ICT sector is fast-moving,…
Is Science contributing to sound decisions? It’s all in the Wind!
Posted on 11.05.2010 by Russell Patten
It will not have gone unnoticed that Europe has been at a virtual standstill in the air, and it’s all to do with an erupting volcano. Or is it? On the radio earlier this week there was an interview with a lady in Iceland who was about to take a…
About the Author
Russell Patten
Russell Patten is CEO of Grayling Belgium…
Patten Russell
CEO, Belgium
Telephone: +32 273 81 783
russell.patten@grayling.com
Russell Patten is CEO of Grayling Belgium and has specialised expertise in EU policies relating to the environmental, energy, transport, as well as agri, food and drinks policies.
A British national, Russell’s career in Brussels spans 20 years, encompassing a wide range of corporations, trade associations and European Institutions. After beginning his career at the European Commission (Telecommunications), Russell joined the law firm, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly specialising in EU telecoms competition, and trade law.
Russell subsequently moved to a British Public Affairs consultancy, IGA Europe, and in 1995 joined Hill & Knowlton where he ran the Public Affairs department of the Brussels office until his promotion to Vice-President in 2002 responsible for Public Affairs in the EMEA region.
He was secretary-general of the European Express Association from 1994 to 2003, is currently Secretary-General of Transfrigoroute International and was President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium from 2005 to 2007. He is currently Vice President of the EU Committee of the Chamber.
He is a professor at the College of Europe, ISMAPP and the University of Kent and holds a degree in political sciences and languages from the University of Kent, a diploma in French politics from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and a Masters in EU Affairs from the College of Europe in Bruges.