McLarty Associates is headed by former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Thomas “Mack” McLarty, President George W. Bush’s first Director of National Intelligence and onetime Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, and Nelson Cunningham, a former Senate and White House aide. An international strategic advisory firm, McLarty Associates counsels corporations and non-profits on strategic planning, government relations issues and advocacy, market access, mergers and acquisitions, corporate communication, crisis management, and political and economic risk issues worldwide. The firm’s financial markets practice advises leading global financial institutions while its film and entertainment practice assists Hollywood studios and filmmakers on internationally-themed movie productions and script development. McLarty Associates’ principals are former diplomats, trade negotiators, intelligence officers, journalists, and business people; most are based in Washington, D.C. and New York, with overseas associates in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, China, Hong Kong and India.