• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Antony Phillipson

British Consulate General New York

Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HMTC) for North America

Antony Phillipson, British Consul General in New York, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America (HMTC), leads the UK Government’s work promoting UK economic, commercial, political, and consular interests in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut. As HMTC, Mr. Phillipson leads the United Kingdom’s Department for International Trade (DIT), driving forward the country’s wider economic and prosperity objectives in North America as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union and prepares for future trade agreements with countries around the world. Mr. Phillipson took up his roles as Consul General and HMTC at an important time, with the total UK-US trade in goods and services worth more than $200 billion annually and supporting more than a million jobs on each side of the Atlantic. The United States and the United Kingdom are each other’s largest foreign direct investors and trading partners. Mr. Phillipson has an extensive background in trade and investment promotion and policy, and he brings unique experience and international insight to the role. Previously, Mr. Phillipson was Director of Trade and Partnerships in the Department for Exiting the European Union. As a member of the senior leadership team, he was at the heart of policy making on Brexit as well as specifically focusing on implications for trade with the European Union and third countries. That followed four years as High Commissioner to Singapore, one of the United Kingdom’s most important prosperity partnerships in Asia. Mr. Phillipson has held many high-ranking posts in Her Majesty’s Government since joining the civil service in 1993. Mr. Phillipson holds a degree in modern history from the University of Oxford.

Sessions With Antony Phillipson

Monday, 11 March