Tom Cooney

Thomas Cooney
United States Ambassador to Argentina
Charge d'affaires
In office
January 20, 2017 – May 15, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byNoah Mamet
Succeeded byEdward C. Prado
Personal details
BornRoyal Oak, Michigan
Children3
EducationShrine High School
Cornell University
University of South Carolina International MBA

Thomas E. Cooney is a former American diplomat who most recently served as the charge d'affaires of the United States Embassy to Buenos Aires, Argentina from 2017 to 2018.[1] He retired from the State Department with the senior rank of Minister Counselor in 2019 and became Vice President of Global Public Policy for General Motors in Detroit.[2][3] In 2023, he joined Capital Group, a large global asset management financial company, in its Los Angeles headquarters as Vice President and International Policy Advisor.[4]

Career

Cooney, a native of Detroit, speaks Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. He was a career member of the U.S. foreign service, having served as a foreign policy advisor to the Commanding General of the United States Army, Pacific and as Deputy Consul General to the Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau.[5] He was the Deputy Commissioner General for the USA pavilion at Expo 2010 during his tenure as Public Affairs Officer of the United States Consulate General Shanghai.[6]

Cooney became Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Argentina on July 30, 2016,[5] and took office as the interim Ambassador to Argentina upon the resignation of Noah Mamet on January 20, 2017.[7] At the end of his term in May 2019, the Argentine government recognized him with the Order of the Liberator General San Martin, the highest honor conferred to non-citizens by the government of Argentina.[8]

In 2019, he was hired by General Motors to lead its international government relations teams globally. In 2021, Cooney joined the board of directors of Global Ties Detroit, a non-profit that seeks to strengthen Detroit’s international partnerships.[9] In 2023 he joined Capital Group to advise its global team of investors on international and geopolitical trends.

References

  1. ^ Buenos Aires Herald. "US, EU ambassadors to depart BA". Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Global Ties Detroit Welcomes Tom Cooney to Board of Directors". www.globaltiesdetroit.org. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  3. ^ O'Malley, Nick (2021-05-23). "Can General Motors convince Australians to go electric?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  4. ^ "Politics and the economy: Could Washington derail a soft landing?". Capital Group. 2023-11-08. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  5. ^ a b United States Department of State. "Deputy Chief of Mission Tom Cooney". Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  6. ^ Final Commissioner General's Report (PDF), USA Pavilion, EXPO 2010 Shanghai, 2011, p. 37, archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-05, retrieved 2020-10-05
  7. ^ U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. "U.S. Ambassador on Twitter:Tom Cooney will be Charge starting tomorrow". Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  8. ^ Argentina, U. S. Mission (2019-05-30). "El Ministro Consejero Cooney fue reconocido con la Orden de San Martín". Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Argentina (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  9. ^ "Global Ties Detroit Welcomes Tom Cooney to Board of Directors". www.globaltiesdetroit.org. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Argentina
Charge d'affaires
2017–2018 		Succeeded by


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