Light-heartedly claiming credit for the good weather, the ambassador said in his welcome remarks that he was looking forward to meeting representatives of the Luxembourg business community. A lawyer by profession, Evans had visited the grand duchy previously as the practice in which he was a partner, Dentons, has an office in Bertrange. But Evans is not really allowed to talk about that in his current position.

Around 500 guests registered for the CEO cocktail, which is now in its fifth year and in 2017 took place in the grounds of the British ambassadors’ residence.

“So we have started what can now be called a tradition,” said Mike Koedinger as chairman of Maison Moderne, the company that runs Paperjam Club and also publishes Delano. Talking of which, the ambassador said in conversation later in the evening that Delano was his primary source of information about Luxembourg once he had been nominated to the post by president Donald Trump. It was a posting that Evans had specifically requested.

Guests enjoyed networking in the grounds of the embassy residence and were generously plied with crémant, cocktails and Fox beer as well as versions of American picnic fare such as hamburgers, hot dogs with sauerkraut, tacos and brownies.

Source : Paperjam Luxembourg