Robert Plummer
Senior Adviser for Social Affairs, BusinessEurope (Belgium)

Robert is a senior adviser responsible for issues concerning migration and mobility, education and skills, social dialogue and the European Labour Authority. Prior to joining BusinessEurope, Robert worked as a political adviser for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) party.

He attended Keele University in the UK and holds a Ph.D in industrial relations and human resource management, focusing on a comparative study of the demand for EU migrant workers in Sweden and the UK. He also has an MA in European industrial relations and human resource management and a BA in human geography and human resource management.

As a member of the Expert Stakeholder Group in PILLARS he aims to bring the business perspective to the discussions and to exchange on different practices and approaches on the issues covered by the project.