Director of Major Conferences, German Marshall Fund of the United States

Mr. Mark C. Fischer began his career as a communications expert in the JG 71 “Richthofen” Fighter Squadron of the German Air Force before undertaking his studies in law and international relations at the universities of Bonn and Hamburg in Germany. Upon completion of his degree focusing on European Security and Defence Policy, Mr. Fischer worked as a policy analyst and subsequently as Deputy Director for the European Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Brussels. Since November 2005 Mr. Fischer works at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, most recently as a Program Director with responsibilities for the annual Brussels Forum and other initiatives that require the coordination of input from the different GMF offices and policy programs in Europe and the United States.