Bill Hagerty is the 30th U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Prior to his nomination, Mr. Hagerty was a founder and Managing Director of Hagerty Peterson & Company, a private equity investment firm. When he assumed his official role, Mr. Hagerty resigned from the boards of three publicly-traded companies as well as from his role as co-founder of the group that bid for and won a Major League Soccer franchise, Nashville-SC. Mr. Hagerty began his professional career at global management consultancy, Boston Consulting Group, including three years in Tokyo, Japan. Hagerty’s government experience includes two years on the White House Staff of President George H.W. Bush, where he served on the Council on Competitiveness with a portfolio that included international trade. From 2011-2015, Mr. Hagerty was a member of the Governor’s Cabinet and Commissioner of the Dept. of Economic and Community Development for his home State of Tennessee.