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JOHN GORE’S EXPERIENCE AND CAREER

John Gore is one of Washington’s most experienced government affairs analysts. In the course of his 35-year career he has provided counsel on politics and strategy for a variety of multinational corporations, including BP, Time Warner, the London Stock Exchange, BAES, Dow, Direct Energy, Goldman Sachs, Kellogg, Royal Caribbean, BHP, Standard Chartered Bank, Henkel, TNK and Xstrata. His commentaries from Washington and special topical reports reach over 1500 readers monthly. John Gore's Washington Overviews and Updates are available to readers worldwide via subscription. 

John traveled from New York to Washington DC in 1966 to attend Georgetown School of Foreign Service (BS Economics) and Georgetown Law. After working on Capitol Hill and in the newly-opened Wasington Office of British Petroleum, he became head of BP’s US, European and Worldwide government affairs departments. His career with BP spanned 45 years and he left in 2002 to found his own government affairs consulting firm, Political Solutions International. He continues to work for big companies with big problems.

John’s speciality is understanding how government works and how to make government work. He is professional rather than partisan. He is not particularly passionate about politics. He much prefers good writing, good golf and good judgement.

POLITICAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Political Solutions International LLC, founded in 2002, is an international consulting firm with expertise in five areas:
• Government relations best practice in Washington, DC, the EU and other major global markets;
• Project evaluation from a political and regulatory perspective;
• Crisis management;
• Issue advocacy;
• Timely political analysis and perspective for corporate executives.