Speaker
Ana
Birchall
Position
Ana Birchall –After recieveing a Bachelor Degree in Law, at the University of Bucharest (head of promotion), she has continued her studies at Yale Law School, where she has achieved an MA (LL.M) and a PhD (J.S.D.) in Law.
Mrs. Birchall has started her career as an associate lawyer at the White&Case LLP law firm in New York City. In 2003, Ana Birchall returned to Romania, where she started her career in politics at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Affairs Committee from the Romanian Senate. In December 2012, Mrs. Birchall has been elected as Member of the Chamber of Deputies from the Parliament of Romania, and since February 2015, she is the Chairperson of the European Affairs Committee from the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Romania. Apart from her career in politics, Mrs. Birchall is a member of the Executive Committee at the Yale Law School Association, an Ambassador of the Vital Voices NGO, as well as a member in the Global Advisory Council WeConnect International.