Senior Advisor, CNQ Global Advisors
Operating Partner at a private equity firm; former Counselor of the United States Department of State; former acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy.
Read the bio →Ulrich Brechbühl is a Senior Advisor to CNQ Global Advisors, a global geopolitical and strategic advisory firm chaired by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Ulrich brings a distinguished 40+ year history of achievement across both public and private sectors to CNQ Global Advisors. He has extensive experience as a CEO, COO and CFO, leading and managing private equity-owned and publicly traded businesses in aerospace and defense, technology, financial services and healthcare. Currently he serves as an operating partner for a private equity firm as well as being involved in multiple start-up ventures and serving on several corporate boards, both domestic and international. From 2018 to 2021, he served as the 34th Counselor of the United States Department of State, providing strategic guidance to the Secretary on foreign policy, advancing U.S. diplomacy and leading special diplomatic assignments and projects. He simultaneously served as the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy (acting)
Prior to his most recent government service, Mr. Brechbühl was President of Appenzeller Point, LLC, a privately held investing and consulting business. He also served as Executive Chairman of Avadyne Health and held board roles with five other healthcare and financial services businesses. Earlier in his career, he served as the CFO, COO and CEO of multiple privately held and publicly traded companies, where he helped scale businesses to achieve over 20% annual revenue growth, more than 50% annual earnings, and successful exit outcomes.
Having graduated with highest honors from West Point in 1986, Ulrich is a former U.S. Army Armored Cavalry officer. He served with the Third Squadron, Second Armored Cavalry Regiment along the Iron Curtain during the Cold War and then as an Operations Officer and Troop Commander with First Squadron Seventh Cavalry, First Cavalry Division during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. After having earned his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1994, Ulrich began his private sector career at Bain & Company.