Andrew Manning is currently the director of EUNIC, the network of European Union National Institutes for Culture. Anchored in the cultural relations approach, EUNIC's mission is to build trust and understanding between the peoples of Europe and other regions of the world through culture, and to make culture count in international relations. Since 2017 EUNIC has been an official partner to the EU in the field of Culture in External Relations. Prior to EUNIC Andrew was the secretary general of the European Concert Hall Organisation and international advisor for the Nordic Region at BOZAR (the Centre for Fine Arts) in Brussels. Previous experience also includes being the head of arts of the British Council in France, as well as roles within the British Council in Brussels and the BBC in London. A dual Belgian-British Citizen based in Brussels for the past decade working on European cultural cooperation and cultural relations, Andrew has a degree in modern languages from the University of Oxford and is a member of the Governance Committee of the International Society for the Performing Arts.