Matthew Goodman

Mr. Matthew Goodman is the director of the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He leads a cross-cutting program on global economics at CFR that works to develop new approaches to trade and other international economic policies. Prior to joining CFR, Mr. Goodman was senior vice president for economics and Simon Chair in political economy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He also served as director for international economics on the National Security Council (NSC) staff, helping the U.S. president prepare for the summits, including the Group of 20, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and East Asia Summit (2010-2012). Before that, he was senior advisor to the undersecretary for economic affairs at the U.S. Department of State. He worked at Albright Stonebridge Group, where he was managing director for Asia. He served at the White House as director for Asian economic affairs on the NSC staff (2002-2004). Prior to that, he spent five years at Goldman Sachs, heading the bank’s government affairs operations in Tokyo and London. He worked as an international economist at the U.S. Treasury Department, including as a financial attaché at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo (1988-1997). Mr. Goodman holds a BSc in economics from the London School of Economics and an M.A. in international relations from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.