WestExec Advisors
American consulting firm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WestExec Advisors LLC is a consulting firm founded in 2017 by Antony Blinken, Michèle Flournoy, Sergio Aguirre, and Nitin Chadda, all former Obama administration officials.[1][2][3] Lisa Monaco, Robert O. Work, Avril Haines, David S. Cohen, and Jen Psaki have also been WestExec employees.[4] Richard Stengel, former President Obama's Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs is a current employee.[5]
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Risk and strategic consulting |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Founder | Antony Blinken Michèle Flournoy |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | westexec |
In an interview with The Intercept, Flournoy explained WestExec seeks to employ "people recently coming out of government" with "current knowledge, expertise, contacts, networks."[6] The firm and its partners avoid becoming registered lobbyists or foreign agents so that they can (re)enter government service without delays.[7] It does not disclose its clients, whose names are restricted from disclosure by non-disclosure agreements.[8] The firm is named after West Executive Avenue, a street near the West Wing of the White House.[8]
Clients and activities
Although WestExec does not disclose its list of clients, some have been reported. Its clients include Google's Jigsaw; Windward, an Israeli artificial intelligence firm; Shield AI, a drone surveillance company;[4] and Fortune 100 types".[9]
Under a financial disclosure filed by the Biden transition team in December 2020, Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken declared that clients of WestExec included Blackstone, Bank of America, Facebook, Uber, McKinsey & Company, SoftBank, Gilead, Lazard, Boeing, AT&T, Royal Bank of Canada, LinkedIn, and Sotheby's. In a similar form, Director of National Intelligence-designate Avril Haines disclosed that WestExec had worked with Palantir Technologies.[10]
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