Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton is the founder of Crumpton Group LLC, a strategic international advisory and business development firm. CG works with global corporations, including those in the infrastructure, energy, and financial services industries. Ambassador Crumpton advises CEOs and their teams on the political, security,
and commercial dynamics in emerging and frontier markets.
Ambassador Crumpton is a Director of Argan Inc. He is also on the advisory boards of
The Coca-Cola Company, AECOM, Inc., and DC Capital Partners, a private equity firm.
From 2005 until 2007, Ambassador Crumpton served as the Coordinator for
Counterterrorism at the U.S. Department of State.
Ambassador Crumpton joined the CIA’s Clandestine Service in 1981 as an operations
officer. For most of his 24-year career he operated in the foreign field, including assignments as Chief of Station. In Washington, he served at the FBI as Deputy Chief of the International Terrorism Operations Section, 1998-1999. He was Deputy Chief (Operations) of CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, 1999-2001. He led CIA’s Afghanistan
campaign, 2001-2002. Some of his achievements have been portrayed in the best-selling
books Bush at War, American Soldier, First In, Jawbreaker, and At the Center of the Storm.
He was Chief of the CIA’s National Resources Division, 2003-2005.
He received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of New Mexico and a Masters
in International Public Policy, with honors, from Johns Hopkins University’s School of
Advanced International Studies.
Ambassador Crumpton is the author of The Art of Intelligence (2012). He is also a
contributing author to Transforming U.S. Intelligence (2005). He is a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations and an honorary member of the OSS Society.
Ambassador Crumpton is the recipient of the Intelligence Commendation Medal; the
George H.W. Bush Award for excellence in counterterrorism; the Sherman Kent Award, in
recognition of an outstanding contribution to the literature of intelligence; the Donovan
Award; and the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the CIA’s highest award for
achievement.
