
James Baker
The Honorable James A. Baker, III, 61st U.S. Secretary of State
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The Honorable James A. Baker, III, 61st U.S. Secretary of State

Director of National Intelligence (2017– 2019); Ambassador; Politician

Secretary of the Treasury (2003-2006)

President and Founder, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media

Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO

President of World Bank (2019-2023); U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs (2017-2019); Leading Wall Street Analyst; Economic Columnist

U.S. Senator (2007-2018)

National Political Reporter, Axios

Supreme Allied Commander Europe 2019-2022

Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (2009-2012), Co-Founder and CEO Center for a New American Security (CNAS), Co-Founder and Managing Director of WestExec Advisors

Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Steven C. Házy Senior Fellow

16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Sir William Browder KCMG; Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign; CEO Hermitage Capital Management; Author of Two Best-sellers: Freezing Order and Red Notice

Principal Deputy National Security Advisor (2021–2025)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2015-2019)

European Union’s Ambassador to the United States (2010-2014), United Nations (2015-2019), and the United Kingdom (2020 -2022); Chief of Staff to the President of the European Commission

Director, National Counterterrorism Center (2008 - 2011) and Counterterrorism, Cybersecurity and National Security Analyst for NBC News

Ret. Lt. General; President at Kindsvater and Associates, LLC

Director, National Counterterrorism Center (2011- 2014); National Security Analyst for ABC News; and Harvard Law School Lecturer

NBC News and MSNBC National Security Analyst and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (2011-2013) and Chief of Staff to the Director of the CIA (2009-2011)

Pioneer Emerging Market Business Investment Practitioner Unlocking Growth Opportunities While Shielding Risks; Private Equity Executive; White House Trade Negotiator; Harvard Faculty; Author; Columnist

Federal Minister of Finance, Germany (2021 – 2024); Chairman of the G7 Finance Ministers, 2022

President of the French Republic (2012-2017)

Former British Army Officer, Senior UK Parliamentarian (2005-2024)
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