John Mullen, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates, advises clients on trade and
investment in the Asia-Pacific region, with a particular focus on Australia and New
Zealand. He brings to McLarty Associates expertise from a global career in law,
business, and government. He also is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University,
teaching a course in the School of Foreign Service on Asia-Pacific trade and
integration, a course that originated in the Center for Australia, New Zealand, and
Pacific Studies. As President and CEO of the U.S.-New Zealand Council from 2004
through 2011, John instituted the U.S.-New Zealand Partnership Forum and led the
council’s efforts in support of the establishment of the Friends of New Zealand
Congressional Caucus and for U.S. entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade
negotiations. John was inducted into the New Zealand Order of Merit as Officer
(ONZM) in 2010 by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key.

Previously, John served at high levels of the U.S. Agency for International
Development including Deputy General Counsel, Acting General Counsel, Deputy
Assistant Administrator for Democracy and Governance, and Assistant Administrator
for Private Enterprise. In 1992-93, he served as Special Assistant to Secretary of State
Eagleburger for the reform and restructuring of U.S. aid, trade, and investment
programs for developing countries. John achieved the highest rank of the Senior
Executive Service and highest government honors, the Presidential Rank
Distinguished Service Award, presented by President George H. W. Bush and a
Presidential Rank Meritorious Award during the Reagan Administration. John is the
former President and CEO of a $50 million non-profit venture capital fund for Romania
and has practiced law in and out of government.