PERSON: Meredith Sumpter

Eurasia Group

Asia director

Meredith Sumpter has more than 15 years of experience in analysis, business, and policy across the region. She manages the firm’s advisory and consulting work on Asia and is a lead strategic thinker on the region. Her experience is steeped in politics and spans multiple countries and sectors including ICT, fast-moving consumer goods, healthcare, banking and finance, agriculture, media and entertainment, and food and beverage.

Meredith joined Eurasia Group after several years as senior director at BowerGroupAsia, where she led corporate advisory for Fortune 500 clients across the region, including in Indonesia, India, and China. Meredith previously served as a diplomat in Beijing, where she advised two US ambassadors and analyzed politics, economics, and security issues for the policy community. She has held positions at the Asia Foundation and the International Crisis Group, as well as in the US Senate. She started her career working among business executives and engineers at a Fortune 100 multinational company, where she helped develop new business and expand the company’s product base worldwide. Meredith speaks Mandarin Chinese and is an honors graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she earned a master’s degree in theory and history of international relations. She earned bachelor’s degrees in business administration and international studies from the University of Washington. Meredith hails from the Pacific Northwest and along with her husband Ryan enjoys a rich life parenting four small children.

— eurasiagroup.net