A Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Vice President, Don Pressley is also the principal manager and strategist for the firm’s diplomacy and international development business and is General Manager of our Middle East North Africa (MENA) office, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In this new role he will be responsible for the firm’s business in the MENA region.
Mr. Pressley will focus on bringing Booz Allen’s breadth and depth of experience to public and private sector clients across the MENA region. His substantial experience in assisting countries to expand their economies and their governance capacities has well prepared him to lead this growing component of Booz Allen’s international footprint.
Before joining Booz Allen in 2001, Mr. Pressley was a Senior Foreign Service officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development. His career included assignments as Mission Director in Poland, Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia, and acting Administrator. His responsibilities included close interaction with the Department of State, National Security Council, and U.S. Congress in developing and implementing foreign assistance policies and programs.
He was also the key architect of the design of the programs of assistance to Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. He developed the strategic framework governing all strategies for the 27 countries under his purview, and led the creation of the Europe and Eurasia Bureau’s development strategy, including the design of the Enterprise Funds that invest in private business across the region.
Mr. Pressley has broadened his consulting experience by serving on the board of the Society for International Development, serving on the board of the Business Civic Leadership Center, advisor to the World Bank Evaluation Department and teaching at the MSFS program of Georgetown University.
Mr. Pressley has a J.D. from Georgetown University and a B.A. from the University of South Carolina.
profile updated February 2011
