Brendan Donnelly – Director
Brendan has been Director of the Federal Trust since January 2003. He is a former Member of the European Parliament (1994 to 1999). He was educated at Oxford, where he obtained a double first in classics, and later worked in the Foreign Office, the European Parliament and the European Commission.

Ulrike Rüb-Taylor – Deputy Director (Finance)
Ulrike joined the Federal Trust in 2001. She manages projects, organises events and publications, and runs the day-to-day office. She studied in Germany and the UK, obtaining MA degrees in European Studies from University of Osnabrück and University of North London.