Ambassador Mark Brzezinski, PhD (retired) is a renowned diplomat, expert in geopolitics, energy security and infrastructure investment. As US ambassador to Poland (2021-2024), he played a key role in strengthening the Polish-US strategic partnership, supporting, among others, the decision by Westinghouse and Bechtel to build Poland's first nuclear power plant. His actions also contributed to closer military and investment cooperation between Poland and the US, symbolized by the establishment of the first permanent US military base in Poland.
From 2011 to 2015, he served as U.S. ambassador to Sweden, where he was actively involved in developing transatlantic cooperation in the areas of renewable energy and industrial investment. His support was crucial to Volvo's decision to invest in a new plant in the US.
In President Barack Obama's administration, he was executive director of the Arctic Executive Steering Committee, where he co-wrote global regulations for sustainable resource exploitation and climate policy. Previously, from 1999 to 2001, he served on the US National Security Council under President Bill Clinton, first as director for Russia and Eurasia, and then as director for the Balkans. During this period, he worked on key aspects of US policy towards Russia, stabilization of the Balkan region after the Kosovo conflict, and analysis of geopolitical tensions affecting the energy sector.
In the private sector, he served as managing director at Makena Capital Management, where he specialized in ESG investments and infrastructure projects. He currently heads Brzezinski Global Strategies, advising global companies on energy and geopolitical strategies.
He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, Oxford University and the University of Virginia. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), awarded the Royal Order of the Polar Star by the King of Sweden.
