Lexpat Global Services, LLC, is excited to announce that former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Donnelly has joined our team as a Senior Consultant for Policy, Security, and Risk.  Kurt will also lead our Energy and Climate consulting practice.

In addition to his time as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy, Kurt’s impressive career as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer included time serving as the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Energy Resources, and as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at U.S. Embassy, Belgrade.  He also served in senior positions at the U.S. mission to NATO, with the National Security Council at the White House, and in key posts in Afghanistan, Germany, Hungary, Russia, and Turkey.

“I am thrilled to join Lexpat’s impressive team,” Kurt says.  “I am looking forward to applying my experience and expertise to help our international business clients navigate the complex opportunities and risks of the global marketplace.  I am especially excited to help Lexpat deepen its expertise on issues of Energy and Climate.

“Kurt’s foreign policy, international security, and organizational leadership and management expertise are second to none,” says Lexpat’s Managing Director, Adam Pearlman.  “He brings all the key strengths and skills of the best and most respected of senior diplomats – experience effectively managing complex organizations; the ability to convene a full range of stakeholders to identify, assess, and address and mitigate short- and long-term risks; and knowing how to deftly negotiate effective solutions to the most vexing challenges.  In addition to Kurt’s formidable regional expertise in in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, nobody else in the world exceeds Kurt’s expertise in the current state of international affairs as they relate to energy and climate.”