Skip to main content
Support

Baroness Catherine Ashton

Slater Family Distinguished Fellow

    Professional affiliation

    Former Vice President of the European Commission and former High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
    Schedule an interview

    Full Biography

    The Right Honourable Baroness Catherine Ashton served as the European Union's first High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from 2009 to 2014. She earned wide praise as a negotiator, leading the P5+1 talks on Iran’s nuclear program and galvanizing agreement between Serbia and Kosovo. 

    Previously, Baroness Ashton served as the first woman Commissioner for Trade in the European Commission and the first woman British European Commissioner. A Life Peer in the British House of Lords, she is a former nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, among other accolades. She served as a Distinguished Fellow at the Wilson Center in 2017.