Tom Cooney Explained

Thomas Cooney
Office:United States Ambassador to Argentina
President:Donald Trump
Term Start:January 20, 2017
Term End:May 15, 2018
Predecessor:Noah Mamet
Successor:Edward C. Prado
Birth Place:Royal Oak, Michigan
Children:3
Education:Shrine 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.

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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] In 2023 he joined Capital Group to advise its global team of investors on international and geopolitical trends.

Notes and References

  1. News: Buenos Aires Herald . US, EU ambassadors to depart BA . December 27, 2017 . https://archive.today/20171228054338/http://buenosairesherald.com/article/224265/us-eu-ambassadors-to-depart-ba . December 28, 2017.
  2. Web site: Global Ties Detroit Welcomes Tom Cooney to Board of Directors . 2022-03-05 . www.globaltiesdetroit.org.
  3. Web site: O'Malley . Nick . 2021-05-23 . Can General Motors convince Australians to go electric? . 2022-03-05 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
  4. Web site: 2023-11-08 . Politics and the economy: Could Washington derail a soft landing? . 2023-11-13 . Capital Group . en.
  5. Web site: United States Department of State. Deputy Chief of Mission Tom Cooney. September 15, 2016. December 27, 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160915215003/https://ar.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/deputy-chief-mission-tom-cooney.
  6. Web site: U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. U.S. Ambassador on Twitter:Tom Cooney will be Charge starting tomorrow. December 27, 2017.
  7. Web site: Argentina . U. S. Mission . 2019-05-30 . El Ministro Consejero Cooney fue reconocido con la Orden de San Martín . 2022-07-31 . Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Argentina . es-ES.
  8. Web site: Global Ties Detroit Welcomes Tom Cooney to Board of Directors . 2022-03-05 . www.globaltiesdetroit.org.