Peter Schechter Email & Phone Number

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Peter Schechter is the founder Altamar LLC, a consultancy focused on international political communications consulting.Clients have included President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia and President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski of Peru, among others. Altamar also consults for a Scandinavian public affairs company on business expansion, and is currently involved in the development of a social enterprise business focused on the immigration space. Schechter is also the executive producer and co-host of a podcast of the same name: Altamar, Navigating the High Seas of Global Politics.Along with the award-winning columnist and former diplomat Muni Jensen, the Altamar podcast features special expert guests and examines the leading global issues of the day. Altamar avoids the typical Washingtonian US bias; it talks about accelerating changes from a global perspective. Named after the Spanish word for "high seas," the podcast seeks to navigate complex global issues and clarify the trends that shape our current period of volatility and risk.Past episodes have covered issues ranging from the fracturing of the trans-Atlantic alliance, the global populism movement, China's Belt and Road Initiative, the fallout of Trump's trade war, and the escalating crises in Iran, Syria, North Korea, among other topics. The show has been joined by a variety of prestigious guests, including Jake Sullivan, Jeffrey Lewis, Moises Naim, Roger Cohen, Jamal Khashoggi, along with numerous other correspondents from leading publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times.Recorded in Washington DC with guests from around the world, the podcast reaches a growing niche audience of policymakers and economic elites engaged in international affairs. Subscribe and learn more at www.altamar.us.

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Writes a monthly column on Latin America.

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Peter Schechter served as Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at the Atlantic Council and was the founding director of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center. Under his stewardship, the Center rapidly grew to become one of Washington’s leading think tanks advocating for strengthening ties with Latin America.The new Latin America Center immediately embarked on a new approach. The Center emphasized the issues of importance to Latin Americans – it aimed to be the voice of the region’s new middle classes – and programming was designed to impact policy. His Center advocated a point of view and was the first at the Council to use microsites, videos and podcasting, together with publishing 25 major policy papers yearly. Of the 35 annual events, there was never one without a Latin American. Convening quality was always high because of extensive use of private events, one on one meetings and personal briefings. With Peter’s worldwide contacts, the new Center nearly doubled its original budget within 16 months. Among Schechter's notable accomplishments during his tenure at the Atlantic Council was helping to move the organization toward an activist position in its core areas of expertise – managing for impact rather than convening, reaching out to communicate beyond the policymaking community to broader media and civil society stakeholders, and producing some of the think tank’s most advanced digital engagement platforms. In addition to his SVP and Latin America Center roles, Schechter also served as Interim Director at the newly founded Atlantic Council Center for Resilience.

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Created in 1993, CLS became one of Washington’s premier strategic communications consulting firms. The Wall Street Journal has referred to CLS as “Washington’s bare-knuckled communications firm.” Today, the firm maintains its boutique, high-end consulting niche.As a founding partner, Schechter helped manage and grow the firm to approximately $15 million annual revenue with a plethora of clients using polling, strategic advice, campaign management, advertising and press relations. Schechter was responsible for business development across four continents, including the following client portfolios:Political Clients: Counseled politicians in across the world, including President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico, Presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski of Venezuela, President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, President Mwane Kibaki of Kenya and President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia.International Organizations: The United Nations Foundation, the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, UNICEF and the World Health Organization.Corporate clients: Champagne region of France, VISA, Polar Brewery, Hunt Oil, Google, Britesmile, GE, Techint Steel, Sithe Energy (Blackstone Group) and Grupo Santo Domingo.Country Representation: Colombia, Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Kenya, Spain, Peru, Georgia and Portugal in business and tourism promotion programs. Retained, among others, by the governments of Brazil, Colombia, and Serbia on issues such as economic reform, land reform, environmental preservation efforts and the rights of indigenous peoples.

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The Sawyer Miller Group, a pioneering political consulting firm, was one of the first to take US campaign technology overseas. Written about in the groundbreaking book, Alpha Dogs, by the former editor of the London Times, Peter worked on key Sawyer Miller Group clients such as Cory Aquino in the Philippines, Eduard Shevardnadze in Georgia and the “No Campaign” in Chile.

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Master Of Arts - Ma, International Relations And Affairs

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government