Past Speakers

ACI’s CFIUS Conference has featured a distinguished faculty of senior government officials, leading outside counsel and in-house executives. Past speakers have included:

Government Representatives

Dr. Bastian Alm

Counselor Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Ian Beckett

Minister Counsellor and Senior Treasury Representative Embassy of Australia

Irmie “Ike” Blanton

Deputy Director, International and Strategic Engagement Office of Foreign Investment Review U.S. Department of Defense

Matthew S. Borman

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration U.S. Department of Commerce

Ty Brown

Deputy Chief
National Security Division, Foreign Investment and Review U.S. Department of Justice

Dan Burke

Director, Foreign Investment Risk Review U.S. Department of the Air Force

Katherine Burke

Director, Investment Review Division Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

Michael Considine

Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Foreign Investment and National Security U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Andrew Fair

Acting CFIUS Staff Chair and Acting Director of the Office of Investment Review & Investigation U.S. Department of the Treasury

Jess Henson

Deputy Director, Office of Investment Security
Investment Review & Investigation U.S. Department of Treasury

Adam Hickey

Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division U.S. Department of Justice

John Isbell

Director of Strategic Analysis Division Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security U.S. Department of Commerce

David D. Jividen

Senior National Security Advisor White and Case LLP
Former Attorney, U.S. Department of Defense

Eric S. Johnson

Principal Deputy Chief, National Security Division, Foreign Investment Review Section U.S. Department of Justice

Brandon Kealiher

Special Agent, Unit Chief of Foreign Investment Unit Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Eileen Keenan

Attorney Advisor, National Security Division, Foreign Investment Review Section U.S. Department of Justice

Thomas Liu*

Deputy Director, Monitoring and Compliance Office of Global Investments and Economic Security (GIES)
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (OASD (IBP)
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD (A&S)

Eric Longnecker

Director, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Bureau of Industry and Security U.S. Department of Commerce

J. Philip Ludvigson

Partner King & Spalding LLP
Former Director, Office of Investment Security (CFIUS)
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Sarah Montgomery

Counsellor of Trade and Economic Policy U.K. Department of International Trade (DIT)

Andrew J. Pahutski

Director, Foreign Investment Review U.S Department of Defense

Brian Reissaus

Senior Advisor, National Security Freshfields LLP Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Operations
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Jennifer Danner Riccardi

Senior Advisor Delegation of the European Union in Washington DC

Brian Rohde*

Deputy Director, Mitigation U.S. Department of Defense CFIUS

Amy Schultz

Senior Trade and Industry Analyst Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security Bureau of Industry and Security U.S. Department of Commerce

Meena Sharma

Director, Office of Investment Security Policy and International Relations U.S. Department of Treasury

David Shogren

Director, Office of Global Transactions U.S. Department of Treasury

Sarah Sullivan

Deputy Director, Office of Investment Security, Investment Review & Investigation U.S. Department of Treasury

Captain Colin Supko

Director U.S. Department of Defense Trusted Capital

Distinguished Faculty

Scott Boylan

Partner StoneTurn

Dr. Harry G. Broadman

Partner, Managing Director and Chair of Emerging Markets and CFIUS Practices Berkeley Research Group LLC (BRG)
Faculty Member
Johns Hopkins University