Ambassador Jeffery L. Bleich
Monday, September 14, 2020
Topic: The Geopolitics of Australia's Situation
Ambassador Bleich is Chair of the Board of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Attorney, and former Special Counsel to the President, U.S. Ambassador, and California State Bar President.
Mr. Bleich served as a member of the Senior Advisory Group to the Director of National Intelligence from 2014 to 2016. Mr. Bleich also served as U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 2009 to 2013 and as Special Counsel to President Obama from 2008 to 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Bleich was a long-time partner at the California law firm Munger, Tolles & Olsen. Mr. Bleich has more than three decades of experience resolving complex domestic and international disputes, with a specialty in cybersecurity. He is a long-time California resident.
Mr. Bleich has been a director of PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company since April 2019. Since 2017, he also has served on the boards of Nuix Pty. Ltd and Amber Kinetics, Inc. Mr. Bleich is Chair of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (appointed by President Obama).