General James Mattis will join The Cohen Group as a senior counselor in October, the firm announced on September 9.
“Jim Mattis is a national treasure, a leader known throughout the
world for his strategic judgment as well as his unyielding principles,” said
former Defense Secretary Bill Cohen, chairman of The Cohen Group. “He is a Marine, a student of
history, a scholar and teacher, and a public servant in the truest sense of the
term. We are honored to be working with him, and our clients will benefit from
his knowledge and guidance.”
General Mattis served as the U.S. Secretary of Defense from January
2017 to December 2018. He commanded troops at all levels during his 43-year
career as an infantry Marine, retiring in 2013. His major command assignments
included U.S. Joint Forces Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander for
Transformation. As the head of the U.S. Central Command, he directed military
operations of more than 200,000 military personnel across 20 countries from
Northeast Africa across the Middle East to Central and South Asia.
Secretary Cohen and General Mattis began working together in 1997
when General Mattis was a Colonel serving as the Executive Secretary in the
front office at the Pentagon.
When his nomination as Defense Secretary was announced in December
2016, the late Senator John McCain said, “Jim Mattis is without a doubt one of
the finest military officers of his generation and an extraordinary leader who
inspires a rare and special admiration in his troops.”
In addition to his work with The Cohen Group, General Mattis is the Davies Family Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a member of the Board of Directors of General Dynamics, and a member of the Board of the Tri-Cities Food Bank in his hometown of Richland, Washington.
Source: Cohen Group
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