Anne Gaspard has been the Executive Director of Equinet, the European Network of Equality Bodies since the establishment of the Equinet Secretariat in 2008. Anne had been active involved in the field of equality and non-discrimination at a European level since the start of her professional career, following her graduation in European studies and political science from University College London and Berlin Humboldt University.
Starting with the campaign of the European Year against Racism in 1997 for the European Parliament and subsequent experience within the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), Anne then joined and managed the UK-based secretariat of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) to support its Chair from 1998 to 2000. Anne was then responsible for the implementation of various European anti-discrimination and equality projects for a European diversity management consultancy, leading the European office of Focus Consultancy in Brussels for seven years, until she joined Equinet in early 2008.
