Mick Mulvaney, Former COS to Donald Trump and The Hon. Ambassador Joe Hockey (Ret.), Founding Partner & President of Bondi Partners, will Address the National Press Club.
Mick Mulvaney and Joe Hockey are two of the best connected people in Washington DC and will provide their insights on current geopolitical events ranging from the global energy crisis to the upcoming U.S. mid-term elections.
Few people are as familiar with Washington DC from the inside than Mick Mulvaney. In the past decade he served in more and varied positions than likely any other person. He was White House Chief-of-Staff to President Trump during both an impeachment and the first days of the Coronavirus pandemic. Mick was also the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and as a Cabinet Member he oversaw the broadest deregulatory initiative in 40 years and managed the longest government shutdown in history. He was Ambassador and Special Envoy to Northern Ireland during the height of Brexit and prior to his executive branch service he was elected four times to the U.S. House of Representatives. Mick is now a Senior Adviser with Bondi Partners.
As Australia’s Ambassador to the United States of America, Joe Hockey was responsible for Australia’s relationship with the U.S. during the final year of President Obama’s tenure and the first three years of President Trump’s first term, where uniquely among other diplomats, he was able to get access to the President, secured important trade and investment outcomes and played golf with President Trump. Well-know as a former treasurer and minister in a political career of nearly 20 years, Joe is the founding Partner and President of Bondi Partners, where he spearheads the firm’s global strategic direction across Australia, the U.S, the United Kingdom and Japan. He is also a director on a number of boards, including the NRL’s new Rugby League franchise, the Perth Bears.
The Hon. Ambassador Joe Hockey (Ret.)
Founding Partner & President
Before founding Bondi Partners, Joe served as Australia’s Ambassador to the United States of America, taking up his posting in Washington in January 2016. Notably, Joe was responsible for Australia’s relationship with the U.S. during the final year of President Obama’s tenure and the first three years of President Trump’s first term.
As Ambassador, Joe emphasized the importance of a free and fair trade and investment partnership between the U.S. and Australia, while promoting innovative infrastructure investment throughout America. Previously, as the elected Treasurer of Australia, Joe was responsible for all aspects of the Australian economy, helped shape the modern financial system in Australia and chaired the highly successful G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings in 2015. Joe was an elected member of the Australian Parliament for nearly 20 years and was appointed to numerous Cabinet roles including Minister for Workplace Relations and Minister for Human Services.
Having previously worked as a banking and finance lawyer with a major Australian law firm, Joe now also serves as a director on a number of boards in Australia and the United States, including the NRL’s newest Rugby League franchise, the Perth Bears.
Since Bondi Partners was founded in 2020 Joe spearheads the firm’s global strategic direction. He provides strategic advice to clients, identifies emerging investment opportunities across Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. for our 1941 Investment Fund and leads our work on mergers and acquisitions. Since 2020 Bondi Partners has provided strategic advice on more than $17bn of transactions.
Mick Mulvaney
Senior Advisor
Few people are as familiar with Washington, DC, from the inside than Mick – in the last decade he served in more and varied positions than likely any other person.
He managed the White House as Chief-of-Staff to the President during both an impeachment and the first days of the Coronavirus pandemic. As the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and a Cabinet Member he oversaw the broadest deregulatory initiative in 40 years and managed the longest government shutdown in history and was Ambassador and Special Envoy to Northern Ireland during the height of Brexit.
Prior to his executive branch service he was elected four times to the U.S. House of
Representatives where he co-founded the Freedom Caucus and the Bitcoin Caucus
