EABC President & CEO

Michael C. Maibach

Michael Maibach is the President & CEO of the European-American Business Council. EABC member companies include 75 European and North American-based global enterprises. The EABC mission is "promoting Trans-Atlantic investment, innovation and integration." The Council has offices in Brussels and Washington DC. It was founded in 1989.

Biographical Background

Michael Maibach may have been the first American elected under 21 years of age, elected in 1972 to the Dekalb County Board (Illinois) just after the 26th Amendment went into effect. Prior to his election he was a Governor’s Fellow at the Illinois Department of Local Government during the summers of 1969 and 1970. After completing a BS and MA in Political Science at Northern Illinois University, he served as an Illinois State Senate Legislative Fellow. In 1976 Maibach joined the Caterpillar Tractor Co., first as a machine shop foreman, then as a Government Affairs Manager in Illinois, California, and Washington DC. He opened Caterpillar’s California Government Affairs Office. While in California he completed a BS in American & Latin American History at California State University.

In 1983 Maibach joined the Intel Corporation as assistant to Intel co-founder and co-inventor of the integrated circuit, Dr. Robert Noyce. In that year he created Intel’s Government Affairs Department, and in 1986 opened Intel’s Washington office. During 18 years at Intel he helped build a global team of over 70 professionals on every continent – opening Government Affairs offices from Brussels to Beijing. From 1983 - 1986 Maibach participated in President Reagan’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness. From 1988 – 1992 he participated in President Bush’s National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors. Maibach was named an Intel Vice President in 1996. He was an industry leader in numerous policy initiatives, including successful results on the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act, the R&D Tax Credit, the US-Japan Semiconductor Agreement, SEMATECH funding, the GATT Uruguay Round, the 21st Century Patent Reform Act, NAFTA… and China WTO membership. Intel awarded Maibach three Individual Achievement Awards, a company record. He came to be a leading spokesman for America’s electronics industry on trade and technology issues, testifying 15 times before the United States Congress. In 1992 he was a candidate for the US Congress from the Silicon Valley. While at Intel, Maibach earned a BA in International Business at American University, and an MA in Political Philosophy at Georgetown University.

Since 2003 Maibach has been the President & CEO of the European-American Business Council, an association of 75 major companies forging policy alliances to enhance Trans-Atlantic investment, innovation and integration. Under his leadership the Council has quadrupled membership and opened its first Brussels Office. Maibach is a past Board Director of the Peoria, Illinois Jaycees, the World Affairs Council of Central Illinois, the World Forum of San Jose, California, and the World Affairs Council of Washington DC. He also served on the Boards of the National Association of Manufacturers, the Churchill Club, the California Council on International Trade, the Congressional Economic Leadership Council and the Information Technology Industry Council. Today he is a member of the US State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy, the RFID Technology Council Steering Committee, the National Board of the World Affairs Councils of America, and the Advisory Council of the Institute of World Politics. Maibach is an EABC Board member, and also serves on the Board of BritishAmericanBusiness, a US-UK business council. He is also the first Chairman of the European Business Organizations Worldwide Network. Maibach has published over 70 essays on business, trade, technology and government. His ‘Washington Wire’ column ran in Upside magazine for several years; he is a current guest columnist for the Alexandria Times (Virginia) newspaper. He is a regular guest lecturer at the Industrial College of the Armed Services. Maibach serves on the Advisory Council to the Optimos Inc. Board of Directors. He speaks frequently to civic groups and university classes, and has been a visiting lecturer at Oxford University, England and the Anglo-American College in Prague. Today he is a graduate student at the Institute of World Politics in Washington DC. Mr. Maibach resides in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.