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Clay Seigle

Clay Seigle, Managing Director at Beacon Global Strategies, leads the firm’s Energy Practice. He is an experienced energy industry strategist with specialization in market intelligence, energy security, and political risk.

Before joining Beacon, Mr. Seigle was Senior Fellow and James R. Schlesinger Chair in Energy and Geopolitics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he provided policymakers and corporate leaders with thought leadership and strategic insights to navigate regional and global energy security challenges. In this capacity he regularly briefed audiences at the White House, Departments of State, Treasury and Energy, and Capitol Hill.

Previously, Mr. Seigle led the Global Oil Service at Rapidan Energy Group. Prior to Rapidan, he served in analytical and leadership roles at Vortexa, Genscape, Maxar, IHS, Enron, and the US Department of Energy. Mr. Seigle is a frequent commentator on CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg Television, CSPAN, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NewsNation, NPR, and MS NOW. His essays have been published in The New York Times and Petroleum Economist and he has been interviewed in The Wall Street Journal, The Houston Chronicle, Axios, Politico, The Hill, Semafor, The Washington Examiner, Barrons, Reuters and other outlets.Mr. Seigle serves on the Board of Directors at the Houston Committee on Foreign Relations and is a past Vice President of the US Association for Energy Economics.

Mr. Seigle holds a Master’s Degree in International relations and Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Government from the University of Texas at Austin.

  • BGS Announcement

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Beacon Global Strategies (BGS), an advisory firm helping companies mitigate business risk, drive growth, and navigate an increasingly complex geopolitical environment, today announced the launch of its new Energy Practice to help clients address the growing intersection of energy markets, geopolitical risk, and national security….

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