Mr. Stephen McLaughlin

biography

Steve joined Beckett McLaughlin International, LLC as Managing Partner for International Operations in June 2009 after having a consulting relationship with the firm for seven years. He is responsible for international business development in Latin America and Europe. In this role he is responsible for developing Executive Recruiting and Market Research business in the Energy, Life Sciences, Information Technology, Banking and Finance Industries.

Most recently, Steve was a senior executive for a risk analysis firm which advised a major financial house on private equity, venture capital, and hedge fund investments. Previously, he started and ran a successful European consultancy advising U.S. clients on penetrating emerging European markets. In this endeavor Steve assembled a multinational team of various industry experts while also identifying a unique market sector for mid-size U.S. firms seeking to enter new and emerging markets.

Steve began his business career working as an Associate for Beckett Rogers & Company, where he gained early success in developing business and servicing international clients in a wide variety of industries and disciplines.

Earlier in his career Steve worked as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, conducting risk analysis and geopolitical reporting in Chile, Peru, and Mexico. He established a track record of identifying and managing relationships with local government and private sector officials to obtain the best quality information. Steve was a U.S. Marine Corps Officer with four years service in the combat arms, including assignments to the Middle East Rapid Deployment Force and overseas deployments to high threat areas. A Mexican-American, Steve was born in the Middle East and lived in Israel, Italy, Nigeria, Somalia, Mexico, Barbados, and the Dominican Republic. He is a graduate of Rice University with a B.A. in History, where he was student body president. He also completed graduate studies in International Trade Theory at the Universidad Mayor in Santiago, Chile. Steve speaks native Spanish and English, and fluent French