WestExec Advisors

{{short description|American consulting firm}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox company

| name = WestExec Advisors LLC

| logo = WestExec Advisors Logo.png

| type = Private

| foundation = {{Start date|2017}}

| location_city = Washington, DC

| location_country = United States

| industry = Risk and strategic consulting

| homepage = {{URL|westexec.com}}

}}

WestExec Advisors LLC is a consulting firm founded in 2017 by Antony Blinken, Michèle Flournoy, Sergio Aguirre, and Nitin Chadda, all former Obama administration officials.{{Cite web|title=Michèle Flournoy|url=http://westexec.com/michele-flournoy/|website=WestExec Advisors|date=October 19, 2017|language=en|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115043525/https://westexec.com/michele-flournoy/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Our Team|date=January 11, 2016|url=http://westexec.com/our-team/|publisher=WestExec Advisors|language=en|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=May 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510203137/http://westexec.com/our-team/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Westexec Advisors LLC - Company Profile and News|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1694056D:US|access-date=2020-11-25|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|language=en}} Lisa Monaco, Robert O. Work, Avril Haines, David S. Cohen, and Jen Psaki have also been WestExec employees.{{Cite news|last1=Lipton|first1=Eric|last2=Vogel|first2=Kenneth P.|date=2020-11-28|title=Aides' Ties to Firms Present Biden With Early Ethics Test|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/us/politics/biden-westexec.html|access-date=2020-11-28|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128161047/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/us/politics/biden-westexec.html|url-status=live}} Richard Stengel, former President Obama's Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs is a current employee.{{cite web |last1=Ogle |first1=Merritt |title=Richard Stengel - WestExec Advisors |url=https://www.westexec.com/richard-stengel/ |access-date=22 March 2024 |language=en |date=8 August 2022}}

In an interview with The Intercept, Flournoy explained WestExec seeks to employ "people recently coming out of government" with "current knowledge, expertise, contacts, networks."{{Cite news|title=Former Obama Officials Help Silicon Valley Pitch the Pentagon for Lucrative Defense Contracts|language=en-US|work=The Intercept|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/07/22/google-westexec-pentagon-defense-contracts/|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515133817/https://theintercept.com/2018/07/22/google-westexec-pentagon-defense-contracts/|url-status=live}} The firm and its partners avoid becoming registered lobbyists or foreign agents so that they can (re)enter government service without delays.{{cite news |last1=Bender |first1=Bryan |last2=Meyer |first2=Theodoric |date=23 November 2020 |title=The secretive consulting firm that's become Biden's Cabinet in waiting |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/23/westexec-advisors-biden-cabinet-440072 |work=Politico |access-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124034542/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/23/westexec-advisors-biden-cabinet-440072 |url-status=live }} It does not disclose its clients, whose names are restricted from disclosure by non-disclosure agreements.{{Cite web|last1=Mosk|first1=Matthew|last2=Levine|first2=Mike|date=2020-11-12|title=Watchdogs urge transparency as executives from powerful DC firm floated for Biden administration|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/watchdogs-urge-transparency-executives-powerful-dc-firm-floated/story?id=74158084|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122163623/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/watchdogs-urge-transparency-executives-powerful-dc-firm-floated/story?id=74158084|archive-date=November 22, 2020|access-date=2020-11-25|website=ABC News|language=en}} The firm is named after West Executive Avenue, a street near the West Wing of the White House.