Joseph FREELEY
Senior Policy Officer
European External Action Service
Brussels, Belgium
My organisation
European External Action Service
European External Action Service
European Council, Council of the EU, European Commission. EU Agency
Brussels, Belgium
About me
Joseph Freeley served in Irish the Defence Forces for 20 years, retiring as a Senior Officer in 2020. During this period completed various deployments overseas with both the UN and NATO, along with two standby periods with Swedish and German led EU Battlegroups. From 2017-2020 he served as First Secretary/Assistance Military Representative of Ireland to the EU in Brussels. Since 2020 he has been working in the EEAS, firstly as Policy Officer and Political-Strategic planner for CSDP engagements in the Strategic Planning for Crisis Management Division, and most recently, as Senior Policy Officer in the Security and Defence Policy Division.
Speaker sessions (1)
Thursday, 22 May 2025
11:25 - 12:35
Circularity: a booster for capability development and operations
Enhancing resilience and efficiency: security of supply, availability of assets, resource efficiency.