Danny Lopez (consul)

Danny Lopez
Her Majesty's Consul-General in New York
In office July 2016 – July 2011
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Minister	William Hague (until 2014) Philip Hammond (from 2014)
Ambassador	Sir Nigel Sheinwald (until 2012), Sir Peter Westmacott (2012–2016), Sir Kim Darroch (from 2016)
Preceded by	Sir Alan Collins
Succeeded by	Antonia Romeo

Daniel "Danny" Lopez (born May 1974) is the Chief Operating Officer of Blippar, the leading visual discovery platform that uses augmented reality and artificial intelligence through smartphones and wearables. Prior to this role, Lopez was the British Consul General to New York and Director General of UK Trade & Investment in the United States between 2011 and 2016. When Lopez was appointed in 2011 he became the youngest ever British Consul General to New York. He was succeeded by Antonia Romeo in July 2016.^[1]

Career Overview

From 2006 to 2009, Lopez served as Managing Director, Marketing & Communications at UK Trade & Investment, where he was responsible for delivering a new marketing strategy to promote the UK economy internationally.^[2] Previously, Lopez worked at Barclays Bank for ten years, where he held a number of senior international positions, including: Head of Global Inward Investment in London, Director of Business Banking USA in New York and Business Development Director in India.^[3]

From 2009 to 2011, Lopez worked for the London Development Agency, the Mayor of London’s economic development arm, as Group Director for Business Support and International Promotion.^[2] During this time, Lopez was responsible for creating London & Partners, London's promotional agency for business, visitors and students and was its first Chief Executive Officer.

During Lopez's tenure as HM Consul-General, Lopez hosted TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their visit to New York in December 2014.^[4][5] With responsibility for growing the commercial relationship between the UK and the US, Lopez actively promoted the expansion of high-tech US startups into the UK,^[6][7] and facilitated collaboration between the tech industries of the two countries.^[8]

In August 2011, Danny Lopez became an honorary trustee for BAFTA New York. In addition, since November 2013 Lopez has also been a Fellow at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (RSA).^[9]

Personal

Born in England and brought up in Spain, Lopez holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in economics and a master's degree in international economics and finance from the University of Essex^[2] and is fluent in both English and Spanish.^[3] In 2012 he married his Australian fiancée, Susan Grieve.^[10][11]

References

1. "Change of Her Majesty's Consul General in New York - News stories - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
2. British Consulate-General, New York
3. LeRoy, Bridget. "British Consul General: The Star Talks to Danny Lopez", The East Hampton Star, East Hampton, NY, 18 August 2011. Retrieved on 5 April 2012
4. "Actor Matthew Rhys Finds Himself Tongue-Tied over Princess Kate". People.
5. "Prince William and Duchess Kate: 9 Things That Have Happened Since They Arrived in the US". ABC News - Good Morning America, Dec 8, 2014,
6. "Exporting startups? Pete Cashmore joins David Karp to pick top U.S. talent". Upstart Business Journal
7. "British Want Philly Tech Companies to Expand to U.K.". By Lauren Hertzler | Philadelphia Business Journal.
8. "London & New York - Silicon Cities With Much to Learn From Each Other". New York Daiily News.
9. https://www.themarque.com/members/danny-lopez
10. "'Susan Grieve, Danny Lopez". New York Times.
11. "New British Consul General in New York". British Academy of Film and Television Arts]

External links

• BritWeek: Board of Directors:
• Danny Lopez - GOV.UK
• Introduction: New Consul-General, Danny Lopez « British American Business Council of Greater Philadelphia
• Tech upstart Blippar poaches top British diplomat in New York, Danny Lopez, to head global growth