Anna Gumbau
Connecting the dots.
I bring my positive energy, warmth and enthusiasm to the stage, making events dynamic and sharp - while ensuring speakers feel comfortable and connected with the audience. I connect the dots: policies do not happen in a vacuum or in silos, and I can link very specific and technical topics into the wider EU politics. I ask the key questions to make the audience care.
Anna Gumbau is an international event moderator, MC and former journalist known for bringing expertise, curiosity and infectious energy to the stage.
With 200+ events under her belt, Anna has hosted everything from major corporate congresses and high level institutional events to award ceremonies, expert debates and intimate conversations. Her work spans energy and climate, European affairs, gender equality and culture, with a particular talent for making complex topics accessible, engaging and genuinely interesting.
Deep preparation, sharp questions and vibrant energy. Anna knows how to read a room, connect the dots between speakers and ideas, and turn a series of contributions into an actual conversation. She puts the audience at the heart of every event, while keeping even the most ambitious programmes moving seamlessly.
Before becoming a full time moderator, Anna worked as an energy and climate journalist and communications professional. Her academic background in European studies and EU foreign policy gives her a strong understanding of European policymaking, while years spent interviewing experts, executives and decision makers have made her equally comfortable digging into technical detail and zooming out to the bigger picture.
Based in Brussels, regularly in her native Barcelona and working internationally, Anna moderates in English, Catalan, Spanish and French, and also speaks Italian.
Please note: Anna does not moderate all-male panels. By booking her, organisers commit to ensuring that at least one woman expert is represented in every panel discussion she moderates.
EU knowledge and nuance
Anna has an in-depth knowledge on the Eurobubble and what makes the Brussels audience tick. Although her expertise lies in energy and climate, she has moderated events on policies for the youth and the elderly, migration, citizenship participation, and the Eastern Partnership, among others. She addresses each topic in a nuanced manner, understanding its complexities and ensuring the audience understands the context.
Dynamism and flexibility
Anna brings on stage the dynamism and upbeat rhythm she has learnt from years dancing and singing in two choirs in London and Warsaw. Enjoying public speaking since she was a child, she has learnt to read the audience and makes sure to adapt the tempo of the discussion and bring new topics to surface if the public is losing attention. Her recently-discovered passion for impro theatre has equipped her with a great degree of flexibility, and can adapt easily to any last-minute changes in an event's programme.
Warmth and positive energy
Anna's core values lie in compassion, connection, creativity and collaboration. Her positive energy engages the audience and makes speakers feel comfortable opening up to her. In interviews, your speaker will feel safe in her hands: as a trained coach, she brings leadership coaching techniques into panels, making her a better listener and good at asking meaningful and compelling questions.
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