Jeffrey has been a Non-Executive Director of Nuix since 2017 and was appointed as Deputy Chairman in February 2023, after stepping down from the role of Chairman. Jeffrey lives in Piedmont, California, USA.
Jeffrey has over 30 years’ experience in the legal, government and technology sectors. Jeffrey served four years as the US Ambassador to Australia from 2009 to 2013 and as special counsel to President Obama in 2009. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, Chair of the Board of the Jeff Bleich Centre on Democracy and Disruptive Technologies at Flinders University, and serves by appointment of President Biden to the President’s National Security Education Board.
In addition to these roles, Jeffrey has served as a Court-Appointed Special Master and Mediator in the United States District Court, Chief Legal Officer of General Motors-owned Cruise LLC, a San Francisco-based autonomous vehicle company. Jeffrey clerked for Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and practised law as a Partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP from 1992 to 2009 and 2014 to 2016. He also served as both CEO of Dentons Diplomatic Solutions and a Partner in the Public Policy and Regulatory practice of Dentons international law firm from 2016 to 2019. Jeffrey’s legal practice focused on cyber security, technology, complex international disputes, as well as high profile pro bono matters before the US Supreme Court. He has served as Board Chair of the San Francisco based Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Chair of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, Chair of the California State University Board of Trustees, President of the State Bar of California, and as a Director of a number of charitable and public policy organisations including the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue, RAND Australia, Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Amherst College, the American Security Project, and Futures Without Violence.
Jeffrey holds a Bachelor of Political Science from Amherst College, a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University and Juris Doctor from the University of California Berkeley. He has also received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from San Francisco State University and honorary Doctorates from Griffith University and Flinders University.