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Ambassador Schnabel is currently an Advisory Director of Trident Capital and Chairman of The Sage Group. He was a Managing Director of Trident Capital from its inception in 1993 until 2001, when he was appointed by the U.S. Department of State to become Ambassador to the European Union.
Ambassador Schnabel's first government assignment was in 1986, when President Reagan named him U.S. Ambassador to Finland. After leaving Helsinki, Finland in 1989, Ambassador Schnabel served in Washington D.C. as the Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary. He then became Acting Secretary of Commerce during the administration of President George Bush, Sr. Prior to his governmental service, Ambassador Schnabel spent over 25 years at the financial services firm Bateman, Eichler, Hill, Richards, Inc., a member of the NYSE (now Wachovia Bank), most recently as President of the firm's holding company.
Ambassador Schnabel is also active in numerous civic and philanthropic organizations, including service as President of the Board of Commissioners of the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension Board. He is currently a member of the Board of Flextronics International (NASD). His past and present directorships and affiliations include: CSG Systems, Inc. (NASD); Cyrus Minerals, Inc. (NYSE); International Game Technology, Inc. (NYSE); Board of Visitors, UCLA Anderson School of Business; Chairman, City of Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau; Council of American Ambassadors; National Venture Capital Association; Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee; and Attaché from the Netherlands to the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He is the 2006 recipient of the Anti-Defamation League Humanitarian Award. | 