Ambassador (ret.) Matthew Bryza is a former senior White House and State Department official, currently serving on the Board of the Jamestown Foundation. He was Ambassador to Azerbaijan (2011-2012) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (2005-2009), with prior roles at the National Security Council and U.S. missions in Russia and Poland. From 2012-2015, he led the International Centre for Defence and Security in Estonia. Now based in Istanbul, Bryza is Managing Director at Straife, a consultancy focused on risk management and corporate strategy.