Marianne Schneider-Petsinger is senior research fellow in the US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House, responsible for analysis at the nexus of political and economic issues. She writes and speaks on global trade, transatlantic economic cooperation and the United States’ use of geo-economic strategies and tools. Marianne leads the Chatham House Global Trade Policy Forum.  

Before joining Chatham House in 2016, she managed the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue, an international membership body representing consumer organizations in the EU and US. She also worked for a think-tank on transatlantic affairs in the US and an economics ministry in Germany. She is a regular speaker and panellist at events and conferences as well as guest commentator on broadcast news. 

She holds a BA in International Affairs and Economics from the University of Maine, and completed her Master’s degree, focusing on International Trade and Finance, at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.