About :: Our Team
"Team" means something different to Ergo. Our research analysts, over 75 in-country teams, and more than 7,000 global experts all operate seamlessly to serve our clients. Ergo's analysts are globally experienced and multilingual with diverse backgrounds and professional successes. Our management and research teams are drawn from organizations such as the Monitor Group, Booz Allen Hamilton, CNN, Gerson Lehrman Group, and the United Nations, and have graduate degrees in international affairs, law, economics, business, and regional studies from the world's top academic institutions. We leverage our collective experience, knowledge, and relationships to provide unique value to our clients.
Ergo Leadership
RP Eddy is CEO of Ergo. Previously, he served as Director at the White House National Security Council, Chief of Staff to the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Richard Holbrooke, and Senior Policy Officer to the UN Secretary-General, where he served as an architect of the Global Fund to Prevent AIDS, TB, and Malaria. Eddy was a Managing Director at the Gerson Lehrman Group and a Team Leader at the Monitor Group. The World Economic Forum honored him as a "Global Leader for Tomorrow." He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an Associate at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and a Senior Fellow at the Madison Policy Forum. He has a B.Sc. in Neuroscience from Brown University.
Todd Egeland is a Managing Partner at Ergo. He retired in 2008 from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where he held a number of senior positions, most recently as the Chief Strategy Officer. Prior assignments included Director of Transnational Issues, Chief of Cyber Threat Analysis, and Chief of Counterintelligence Assessments. His expertise is in illicit finance, political risk, food security, strategic planning, and analytic methods. He holds degrees from the University of Minnesota and The George Washington University.
Matthew Moneyhon is a Managing Partner at Ergo. He has worked for Gerson Lehrman Group, the U.S. State Department, the UN, and a range of academic and policy-oriented public and non-profit organizations. He holds degrees from the University of Texas, the University of Hawaii, and Columbia University. He has published papers on a variety of topics, ranging from strategies to improve U.S. public diplomacy to the political and social impact of economic development in China. He speaks Mandarin.
Evan Pressman is a Partner at Ergo. He was previously a Senior Research Manager at Gerson Lehrman Group and a journalist at CNN, where he was part of a team which received an Emmy award for coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York. He is a Truman National Security Fellow. He has degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where he was the John H. Hedges Fellow in Public Diplomacy, and Haverford College.
Matthew Kelleher is a Partner at Ergo. Before joining Ergo, he was a Research Manager at Gerson Lehrman Group. His previous work experience includes the U.S. State Department (United States Mission to the United Nations), and l'Oreal in Paris, France. He holds degrees from Duke University and Sciences Po Paris. He speaks fluent French.
Charlie Andrews is a Partner at Ergo. He is the co-founder of Global Strategies Group, an internationally recognized leader in strategic business solutions for governments and the private sector. An expert in Latin American affairs, he will focus on developing Ergo's network of contacts, partners, and clients across the region. Previously, he was Director of an exclusive London-based real estate company and then, as a stockbroker, managed investor portfolios of high net worth clients. He served as a British Army Officer for seven years, retiring as Captain and Brigade Staff Officer. He holds degrees from Kings College and the London School of Economics.
Peter Smith is the Head of Global Sales at Ergo. Before joining Ergo, he was Director of Investor Relations at Tiedemann Investment Group ("TIG Advisors"), a multi-billion dollar hedge fund partnership with investments in the emerging markets, Japan, Europe, and the United States. He was previously a Vice President of Sales at Gerson Lehrman Group.
Ergo's Board of Advisors