Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Former Deputy Director, Economic Defense Unit, Office of the Secretary of War.
Read the bio →David Rader is a Senior Advisor to CNQ Global Advisors, a global geopolitical and strategic advisory firm chaired by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
He previously served as the Deputy Director of the Economic Defense Unit in the Office of the Secretary of War. David has held various leadership positions across the Department of Defense, where he focused on technology scouting and commercialization, capital markets and investments, trade and industrial policy, and matters under the purview of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
Before serving in government, David held roles as a Manager in Transaction Advisory Services at Ernst & Young (EY), a Vice President in the Corporate & Investment Bank at J.P. Morgan, as an Associate in the National Security Research Division at the RAND Corporation, and he also served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army.
David’s writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, National Review, The National Interest, The Hill, Security and Strategy, The Jerusalem Post, Washington Examiner, Real Clear Defense, Defense News, and Lawfare. He holds a BA in Political Science, an MA in Government, a JD in Corporate Bankruptcy Law, an MS in Finance, an MBA in Economics, and an MA in International Relations.