Trump Announces Advisory Committee of Big-Name CEOs

ByMEGHAN KENEALLY ABCNews logo
Friday, December 2, 2016

Donald Trump has enlisted a number of top business leaders for an advisory committee in order to help "bring back jobs and Make America Great Again," according to a statement from his transition team.

The group, called the President's Strategic and Policy Forum, will be headed up by Blackstone co-founder Stephen Schwarzman and includes the CEOs of well-known companies.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger are among the members of "The Forum."

The Walt Disney Company is the parent company of ABC News.

Former CEOs like Jack Welch, who was the head of General Electric, Jim McNerney, the former CEO of Boeing, and Paul Atkins, who was the former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, are also on the list of 16 members.

"This forum brings together CEOs and business leaders who know what it takes to create jobs and drive economic growth," Trump said in the statement announcing the group.

"My administration is committed to drawing on private sector expertise and cutting the government red tape that is holding back our businesses from hiring, innovating, and expanding right here in America," he said.

The group will reportedly meet with Trump "frequently" and the first meeting is slated for the first week of February in the White House.

Here is the full list of people on the advisory committee.

-Stephen A. Schwarzman (Forum Chairman), Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Blackstone

-Paul Atkins, CEO, Patomak Global Partners, LLC, Former Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission

-Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, General Motors

-Toby Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic

-Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co

-Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock

-Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company

-Rich Lesser, President and CEO, Boston Consulting Group

-Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

-Jim McNerney, Former Chairman, President, and CEO, Boeing

-Adebayo "Bayo" Ogunlesi, Chairman and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners

-Ginni Rometty, Chairman, President, and CEO, IBM

-Kevin Warsh, Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics, Hoover Institute, Former Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

-Mark Weinberger, Global Chairman and CEO, EY

-Jack Welch, Former Chairman and CEO, General Electric

-Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize-winner, Vice Chairman of IHS Markit

Related Topics