Christian Whiton

Christian Whiton served as a U.S. State Department official from 2003-2009, first as a speechwriter and special advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Democracy & Global Affairs, and then as a deputy special envoy.  Mr. Whiton advised the Under Secretary on strategic communications and public affairs, with a geographic focus on Asia and the Middle East.  He then managed the Office of the Special Envoy, and acted as the senior policy advisor on North Korean human rights and transnational issues.   

Before joining the State Department, Mr. Whiton worked for the corporate finance practice of KPMG LLP, where he was a senior associate, overseeing daily activities of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) engagements and other financial consulting projects.

Presently, Mr. Whiton consults for D.C. Asia Advisory LLC, a policy and international business development consulting firm.  He also serves as President of the Hamilton Foundation, a not-for-profit organization focused on expanding middle class employment in developing economies—especially those of the broader Middle East.  He is a policy advisor to the Foreign Policy Initiative.  During the 2008 presidential campaign, he served as an advisor to the Asia policy team for the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee.

Mr. Whiton received and undergraduate degree from Tulane University, where he majored in History and Economics.  He holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he focused on strategy and management.  Mr. Whiton has written and spoken frequently about foreign policy, security and political issues.  His articles have been published by the Wall Street Journal, TIME, the Weekly Standard, and numerous other publications in the U.S. and abroad.