Bio: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My name is Steffen Skovmand. Born on 29 May,1946 in Copenhagen, Denmark. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address: Fyrremose 150 6470 Sydals Denmark. Phone:0045-40414897 or 00351- 937806678. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: joyskovmand@mail.dk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am a retired career official (over 33 years in the EU) with diplomatic stints as Deputy (and sometimes Acting) Head of EU Missions in Ukraine and Romania. I have a unique experience of how our international organizations and their leaders operate -in real life. I have represented the EU-Commission in bodies as different as the European Parliament, the EU Council of Ministers, the Economic and Social Committee, where I also worked in the beginning of my career in the Single Market directorate, the OECD¿s Financial Affairs Committee, plus have worked with the IMF, the USAID and the UN¿s Development Aid Agency, UNDP. I have an MA in English and History from the University of Århus, Denmark. I have co-written and co-edited two books, From New Deal to New Frontiers and The Angry Young Men. My literary style is creative non-fiction á la Camille Paglia and Ann Coulter. My message politically incorrect I am a regular contributor to a political internet blog, called 24Nyt and frequently write opinion pieces for both Danish and foreign media. I spend half of the year, the winter, in Cascais, Portugal and the summer in Sydals, Denmark, with my wife, Joy, and my dog, Bubba. I have 3 children and 6 grandchildren.
