Breakfast with US Ambassador Scott Brown

ExportNZ and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise invites you to a business breakfast address by HE Mr Scott P. Brown, United States Ambassador to New Zealand and the Independent State of Samoa.

New Heights, New Frontiers: The U.S.-NZ Partnership in 2019

The USA is New Zealand’s third largest export market with goods exports totalling $5.5 billion plus over $2.1 billion in services and therefore a hugely important market for New Zealand exporters.  Join Ambassador Brown in his talk on the general US trade situation, the future of the US NZ relationship and much more!

Ambassador Scott Brown presented credentials to the Governor General of New Zealand to become U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand on June 28, 2017. He was the 2nd U.S. Ambassador to assume duties anywhere in the world in President Donald Trump’s administration.

Ambassador Brown is a prominent U.S. political leader, attorney, and National Guardsman with a long history of public service. In 2010, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, representing the state of Massachusetts. During his time in the U.S. Senate, he was known as the most bipartisan Senator, and served as the ranking member on the Armed Services Committee and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. He also held committee assignments on Veteran and Small Business affairs.

Ambassador Brown served in the enlisted and officer ranks of the Massachusetts and Maryland National Guard. He retired as a Colonel after 35 years of service, the last four of which he served as the Deputy to the Chief Counsel to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau at the Pentagon. While maintaining his law practice he was also a contracted contributor and analyst for Fox National News.

Ambassador Brown is married to Gail Brown, a prominent television journalist. They have two daughters: Ayla, a singer/songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee and Arianna, a final year veterinary student at Cornell University in New York. Ambassador Brown earned a B.A. from Tufts University and a J.D. from Boston College Law School. He has Honorary Doctorates from Lasell College (Humanitarian Letters) and Nichols College (Public Administration).

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