IISS-US Board of Directors
- Dr Peter Ackerman
Peter Ackerman is the Managing Director of Rockport Capital Incorporated, a private investment firm. Since its inception in 1990, Rockport has made numerous direct investments in fields as diverse as movie libraries, publishing, propane distribution, textiles, custom labeling, wax refining, auto part remanufacturing, variable life insurance, SMS integration, and internet-based food retailing. From 1978 to 1990 he was Director of International Capital Markets at Drexel Burnham Lambert where he...
- Ambassador Robert D Blackwill
President, Barbour Griffith & Rogers International
Ambassador Blackwill joined Barbour Griffith & Rogers in November 2004 after serving as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Planning under President George W. Bush. In this position, Ambassador Blackwill was responsible for government-wide policy planning to help develop and coordinate the mid- and long-term direction of American foreign policy. Bob also served as Presidential Envoy to Iraq, was the
- Ambassador Richard R. Burt
Richard Burt serves as Senior Advisor at Kissinger McLarty Associates. He also serves as a senior advisor to the Carlyle Group, a private equity investment firm. He previously served as chairman of Diligence, a business intelligence and risk advisory services firm based in Washington, New York, London, Berlin, Brussels, Moscow and Miami. Ambassador Burt serves on the Board of Deutsche Bank’s closed-end fund group and on the Board of International Games Technology (IGT), the largest...
- Dr John Chipman CMG
Director-General and Chief Executive The International Institute for Strategic Studies, London Dr John Chipman is Director-General and Chief Executive of the IISS in London. He received his BA (Hons) in History from Harvard, an MA (Distinction) in International History from the London School of Economics, and his M.Phil and D.Phil in International Relations from Balliol College Oxford. He was Captain of the Harvard Fencing Team and earned a Full Blue while fencing at Oxford.
Following a year as Resea
- Michael Draeger
Director of Finance and Technology, IISS . Main responsibilities: As Director of Finance and Technology, Michael Draeger is charged with managing all finance, technology, human resources and company secretary functions at the IISS.
Background: Michael Draeger has worked in 29 countries around the globe, and most recently within the European finance and IT sector. He holds a Bachelors degree in Accounting from Manhattan College, as well as the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Infor
- David Ignatius
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius has had a distinguished and wide-ranging career in the news business, serving at various times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, editor and columnist. He has written widely for magazines and published five novels. His twice-weekly column on global politics, economics and international affairs debuted on The Washington Post op-ed page in January 1999 and was distributed to more than 600 newspapers worldwide via the Los Angeles Times/Washington Post...
- Ambassador Thomas Pickering
Tom Pickering joined Hills & Company as their Vice Chairman in December 2006. Hills & Company assists U.S. businesses to expand their trade and investment interests abroad, both in developed markets and in emerging markets in Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.
- Michael Rich
Chairman of the IISS-US Board of Directors As Executive Vice President of RAND Corporation, Michael Rich has been that institution's second-ranking officer since 1993. He also serves as chair of the Pardee RAND Graduate School Admissions Committee. Rich was formerly vice president and director of the RAND National Security Research Division and director of the RAND National Defense Research Institute, the federally funded research and development center that provides research and policy...
- Adam Ward
Executive Director IISS-US. Main responsibilities: Adam Ward is the Executive Director of The International Institute for Strategic Studies – US, based in Washington DC. He is a member of the Directing Staff of the IISS in London.
Adam Ward has since February 2006 represented the IISS in the United States. There, he has particular responsibility for:
Development of relationships with government agencies and the wider diplomatic community.
Development of relationships in the corporate and p
