Ambassador Alejandro Wolff advises public and private firms on international political and commercial matters. He serves as a Board Director and Compensation Committee Chair of Albemarle Corporation (a top specialty chemicals public company), and as Board Director of two airline companies, JetSMART Holdings (a low-cost air carrier in South America) and Frontier Group Holdings (public holding company for Frontier Airlines, a U.S. low-cost airline). He was previously Lead Independent Director and Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee of Versum Materials (a semiconductor materials leader), a Director of Pacific Gas and Electric (a California public utility company), and Director and Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee of Rockwood Holdings (a specialty chemicals company). He served until June 2016 as the Managing Director of Gryphon Partners, a global advisory firm that provides companies and governments strategic and operational counsel on business and investment challenges across sectors and markets. Before retiring in 2013 from a 34-year career in the U.S. State Department, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Chile (2010-2013) and U.S. Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2005-2010). Ambassador Wolff has wide experience in European, Middle Eastern, Asian, Latin American and African affairs. He has spoken at Universities and business groups on leadership, international relations, and on the intersection between business and government.