Seattle-based consulting firm Seattle-based Bryant Christie Inc. has made changes to its leadership team, the company announced.
Bill Bryant, who served as chairman of BCI since the company’s founding, has moved on to new opportunities and now serves as a paid advisor, according to a news release. In Bill’s place, Eric Rosenberg has expanded his ownership stake in BCI and will serve as executive vice president and chief operating officer, the release said. James Christie remains BCI’s president and chief executive officer.
“It’s been an honor and a privilege to work with Bill over the last 30 years,” Christie said in the release. “He is a true visionary who set the stage for BCI and served as a mentor on trade policy and government relations to many of us. At the same time, I’m very excited to have Eric joining me as a senior partner. Eric has been a leader in the company for many years. BCI will continue to innovate and grow; and our staff and clients will benefit from his leadership into the future.”
Rosenberg joined BCI in 1999 as a marketing account manager within the firm’s market development business unit, according to the release. By 2006, he was managing that unit, as well as BCI’s research and information services unit. Over the years, he has served as account manager for many individual export market development clients, lead researcher for market studies and evaluations, and supervised several of BCI’s other services including customized resource centers, data dashboards and the Monitor newsletter, the release said.
“I’m looking forward to taking a larger role at BCI,” Rosenberg said in the release. “Exporting food, beverage and agricultural products is not easy. BCI has the people, experience and tools to facilitate market access and growth. I’m excited about the opportunities ahead for BCI and our clients.”
BCI has expertise in trade policy, market access, export assistance grant programs, research and other services that facilitate export sales on behalf of its clients, the release said.
BCI has helped open markets in Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and Mexico for products such as apples, cherries and potatoes, according to the release. The firm has also preserved markets by navigating restrictive trade barriers, particularly those involving pesticide maximum residue levels.
Over the years, BCI has been instrumental in helping its clients expand sales in numerous export markets. Additionally, BCI has helped its clients avoid lost sales by working to reopen markets faced with unexpected import restrictions, the release said.
“This past July marked 30 years in business for BCI,” Christie said in the release. “We’re planning to celebrate this milestone in a number of ways. The new ownership is the first of several significant changes people will see from us in the next few months.”
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