Mario Mancuso: Geopolitics, National Security and Strategy in the Boardroom.
Welcome to the Boardroom Governance Podcast. I’m your host, Evan Epstein. In this episode, I talk with Mario Mancuso, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis where he leads the Firm’s International Trade and National Security practice. Prior to private practice, Mario held several positions in the U.S. Government, including as U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce, Industry and Security; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Special Operations and Combating Terrorism; Special Counsel, Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense; and Board Member of the CFIUS Advisory Board, U.S. National Intelligence Council. Prior to his presidential service, he was in private law practice and served as a forward deployed military officer during combat operations. In this podcast, we talk about geopolitics, strategy and national security in the context of corporate governance. Specifically, we address the origin, evolution and impact of CFIUS (the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) and the potential introduction of new regulation related to outbound investments. We also discuss industrial policies by China and the U.S. and the international decoupling of economies and supply chains, and how should boards address these risks and opportunities. If you like this show, please consider subscribing, leaving a review or sharing this podcast on social media. You can find all the show notes on the website boardroom-governance.com and please feel free to subscribe to the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at evanepstein.substack.com