Sam Natapoff
Consultant in New York
Dr. Natapoff is President of Empire Global Ventures LLC. He has wide experience in international business development, economics, trade, and investment. As the founder and CEO of his own international economics and business-consulting firm for over a decade, his clients included numerous private sector companies, Fortune 500 firms, and public sector clients.
Dr. Natapoff has worked with multiple government institutions in five countries in the areas of international trade & investment, business development and monetary policy, which include the U.S. Department of Commerce, the European Central Bank, the German Bundesbank, and the States of New York and Massachusetts.
He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the United Nations Development Corporation by the Governor of New York and to the Board of the New York City Global Partners by the Mayor of New York City. He has published numerous articles on international economic issues, including international monetary policy, technology development, EU institutional development, as well as U.S. domestic politics.
Dr. Natapoff received his B.A./M.A. in Modern History from Balliol College, Oxford University and his Ph.D in political science from the George Washington University in Washington D.C. He speaks French and German, and lives in New York with his wife and two children.