John Mullen is a Senior Advisor with McLarty Associates, focusing on trade and investment in the Asia Pacific, with a particular focus on Australia and New Zealand, following a career as an attorney, executive, and entrepreneur in international business and finance. Previous positions include Deputy General Counsel at USAID; President/Chief Executive Officer, Romanian-American Enterprise Fund; Managing Director, AMB International Finance, LLC; and President/CEO of the US-New Zealand Council. Mr. Mullen has received the Presidential Rank Meritorious Service Award; the Presidential Rank Distinguished Senior Executive Service Award and Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. He also does pro bono work for the American Council on Renewable Energy and the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative Institute in Prague and teaches on Asia Pacific Integration and Trade as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. Mr. Mullen completed M. Comp. L. at the University of Chicago Law School, a J.D. at Harvard Law School, and a B.S. in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.