Team
Our judgment comes from experience at the highest levels of government, the military and business, and our firm's leadership is backed by a deep senior advisor bench and a wider network of experts.
Leadership
Chairman, CNQ Global Advisors
70th U.S. Secretary of State and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; now chairs CNQ Global Advisors.
Vice Chairman, CNQ Global Advisors
Co-founder of CNQ Group; formerly Chief Administrative Officer of Activision Blizzard and Under Secretary of State for Management.
President, CNQ Global Advisors
Former Vice President for Geostrategy and Fellows and Senior Director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council.
Partner, CNQ Global Advisors
President & Co-Founder, Rilian Technologies; formerly WestCap's Sales & GTM Practice Lead.
Head of Operations, CNQ Global Advisors
Formerly Deputy Director of Operations, Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.
Senior Associate, CNQ Global Advisors
Advisor to Secretary Pompeo since 2022; former Military Legislative Assistant to Senator Roger Marshall.
Senior advisors
Elliott Abrams
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; former Assistant Secretary of State and Deputy National Security Advisor.
Marshall Billingslea
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; former Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing.
Marc Busch
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Karl F. Landegger Professor of International Business Diplomacy, Georgetown University; co-founder of TariffWizard.ai.
Thomas Bussiere
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Former U.S. Air Force General and Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command.
Mung Chiang
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
18th President, Northwestern University; former Science and Technology Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State.
David Feith
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Project Argus LLC; former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Technology and National Security, U.S. National Security Council.
Carrie Filipetti
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Executive Director, Vandenberg Coalition; Distinguished Fellow, Wilson Center; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Cuba and Venezuela.
Juliane Gallina
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Partner, Lavrock Ventures; former Deputy Director of the CIA, Digital Innovation.
J. Peter Pham
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Executive Chairman, Ivanhoe Atlantic; former U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and Sahel Regions of Africa.
David Rader
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Former Deputy Director, Economic Defense Unit, Office of the Secretary of War.
Christian Schnedler
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
CEO and Co-Founder, Rilian Technologies; former Chief Information Security Officer and Cyber Practice Lead, WestCap.
Jim Smith
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Former Acquisition Executive, United States Special Operations Command.
David Urban
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Managing Director, BGR Group; Senior Political Commentator, CNN; former Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission.
Kurt Volker
Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Founder and President, Alliance Strategic Advisors, LLC; former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations and U.S. Ambassador to NATO.
The wider network
Beyond its core team, the firm draws on a global network of experts with broad geographic, industry, and functional expertise.