Ambassador Michael Einik

Paris-based Senior Policy Level Diplomat, Ambassador, and International Civil Servant Fields of expertise Diplomacy International Relations Foreign Policy Formulation Science and Technology Policy Military Strategy Eurasia Central Europe, Balkans, former USSR EU/USA Non-proliferation challenges

Education

• Masters in International Finance

• Bachelor's in International Economics

Other current posts

• Member of the Executive Committee, Democrats Abroad France

• CEO Underwater Optical Technologies, Riga Latvia

• Board Member International Fund for Cooperation and Partnership, Black Sea/Caspian Sea

Previous experience

• Executive Director of the Science and Technology Centre in Ukraine (STCU), Kiev, a multilateral international organization funded by the US and the EU to support their non-proliferation objectives in the former USSR.

• Deputy Executive Director for Partnerships and Sustainability, International Science and Technology Centre, Moscow, Russia, a sister organization to the STCU and similarly funded.

• United States Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia (1999-2002)

• Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Bucharest, Romania (1995-1999)

• Chief of European Personnel Division at the Department of State, Washington, D.C. (1992-1994)

• US Consul General in Croatia/Slovenia (1988-1992)

• Section Chief/Energy Officer at the US Embassy in Moscow, USSR (1984-1987)

• Various State Department Assignments in Washington, Africa, Mid-East, and Latin America

Awards

• Three Department of State Superior Honor Awards

• Two Department of State Meritorious Honor Awards

• One Department of tate Meritorious Step Increase