Blake Marshall
Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Managing Director, Washington DC

Blake Marshall directs the firm’s Washington office, where he provides strategic guidance to client initiatives across the markets of Russia and the CIS. Blake specializes in government relations, crisis management, business strategy and market entry. He provides strategic advice to Western companies on their investment strategies in Russia and the CIS, and assists Russian/CIS firms in expanding their businesses into global enterprises. He currently manages clients including BP, Cyberplat, International Paper, Sony Pictures Entertainment, U.S. Department of the Treasury and Xerox. As Head of the Government Relations Practice Group, he speaks Russian and travels frequently to Russia and the CIS region.

Prior to joining The PBN Company, Blake was Executive Vice President of the U.S.-Russia Business Council, in which capacity he authored numerous policy statements on trade and investment concerns faced by member companies and managed the Council’s policy agenda and lobbying initiatives with both the U.S. and Russian governments. The author of various articles and book chapters on political and economic developments in Russia, Blake has testified before the U.S. Congress and in Executive Branch hearings related to Russia and U.S.-Russian relations, and advised U.S. presidential candidates on Russian affairs and U.S.-Russian relations.

Blake received his undergraduate degree in political science from Swarthmore College, and he did postgraduate study in Soviet politics and international affairs at the University of Essex (England), as well as Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and Harriman Institute. His professional affiliations include the Council on Foreign Relations and The Atlantic Council of the United States.

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