The Ad Hoc Partnership Limited
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2025 | Elisabeth Werner Deputy Secretary-General | Competitiveness Compass | — |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Elisabeth Werner Deputy Secretary-General | Competitiveness Compass | SRC |
| 26 Mar 2024 | Veronica Gaffey Director-General | An overview of the Commission’s digital transformation strategy and the use of AI | SRC |
| 26 Mar 2024 | Veronica Gaffey Director-General | An overview of the Commission’s digital transformation strategy and the use of AI | — |
| 07 Nov 2022 | Olivier Guersent Director-General | General discussion on State Aids, Temporary Framework, CEEAG, GBER | SRC |
| 07 Nov 2022 | Olivier Guersent Director-General | General discussion on State Aids, Temporary Framework, CEEAG, GBER | — |
| 14 Jun 2022 | Olivér Várhelyi Commissioner | Economic and Investment Plans | — |
| 14 Jun 2022 | Olivér Várhelyi Commissioner | Economic and Investment Plans | SRC |
| 14 Jan 2022 | Diederik Samsom Cabinet member | Speech on "Delivering year on year carbon reductions post-Glasgow " | — |
| 14 Jan 2022 | Diederik Samsom Cabinet member | Speech on "Delivering year on year carbon reductions post-Glasgow " | SRC |
| 15 Nov 2021 | Ilze Juhansone Secretary-General | Delivering on a transformative agenda to rebuild a post COVID-19 Europe | — |
| 15 Nov 2021 | Ilze Juhansone Secretary-General | Delivering on a transformative agenda to rebuild a post COVID-19 Europe | SRC |
| 08 Jun 2021 | Ditte Juul-Joergensen Director-General | European Green Deal and Fit for 55 | — |
| 08 Jun 2021 | Ditte Juul-Joergensen Director-General | European Green Deal and Fit for 55 | SRC |
Mission & Goals
A membership organisation that provides a forum for Business and government to foster private dialogue across public policy, regulatory and political spheres.
EU Legislative Interests
A wide range of proposals or policies are targeted, the organisation is directed by the membership towards areas of interest. The most recent area of interest was Business Governance, EU Competitiveness, Internal Market, Industry Entrepreneurship and SME's, Enlargement & Eastern Neighbourhood, Growth and Structural Reforms, Economic Security, and European Defence, Energy Security and climate action. Around these topics the Ad Hoc Council met with: Lindsey McCallum (Acting Director General DG Competition), Maive Rute (Deputy Director General DG GROW), Gert Jan Koopman (Director General DG ENEST), Geraldine Mahieu (Director for Investment, Growth and Structural Reform DG ECFIN), Leopoldo Rubinacci (Deputy Director General DG TRADE & ECONOMIC SECURITY), Maria Martin-Prat (Deputy Director General DG TRADE), Markus Winkler (Deputy Secretary General EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT), Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice President Responsible for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy EUROPEAN COMMISSION), Elisabeth Werner (Deputy Secretary General EUROPEAN COMMISSION), Jessika Roswall (Commissioner responsible for teh Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy EUROPEAN COMMISSION), Yvon Slingenberg (Director DG CLIMATE ACTION). Mechthild Worsdorfer (Deputy Director General DG ENERGY), Valdis Dombrovskis (Commissioner responsible for Economy and Productivity Implementation and Simplification EUROPEAN COMMISSION)
Communication Activities
Meetings held with keynote speakers from the political, regulatory and policy sphere 4 times per annum in the UK, Brussels and across Europe. Recently held meeting in Brussels on 24-25th March 2025 and 3-4th November 2025 with the policy makers listed above.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
The Ad Hoc Council is not a member of any other forums but many of the membership belong to their trade associations as well as the council
Organisation Members
https://www.theadhoccouncil.com Current corporate members are: Advice4Europe BASF Bayer Berlin Kommunications Bouygues Chemco (Romania) Cisco Coca Cola Considerati Covestro Daimler DocMorris Dow Europe Eupportunity FIPRA Glencore JTI Longi Madrigal Microsoft Novo Nordisk Proctor & Gamble Pepsico RELX Sage Shein Siemens SQM Stora Enso Syngenta TikTok Trina Solar