Erik R. Peterson, Partner at Kearney, also serves as the Managing Director of the firm’s Global Business Policy Council. He is also a board member of the Kearney Energy Transition Institute.

Under Erik’s leadership, the Global Business Policy Council has consistently been recognized as one of the world’s “Best For-Profit Think Tanks” by the University of Pennsylvania’s authoritative think tank rankings.

Erik came to Kearney in 2010 from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where he was senior vice president and held the CSIS William Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis. He also established and led the Global Strategy Institute, a unit at CSIS focusing on strategic foresight issues. Before joining CSIS, Erik was director of research at Kissinger Associates.

He is a sought-after analyst and speaker on global foresight and trends. He has lectured widely—in 43 countries and 48 US states—on issues ranging from global economic trends to shifts in the global business operating environment. In addition, he is the author of numerous publications.

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