Rexon Y. Ryu is President of The Asia Group, Board Chair of The Asia Group Foundation, and co-host of the Tea Leaves Podcast. He leads The Asia Group’s practices on aerospace & defense, South Korea, and national security.

Prior to joining The Asia Group in 2015, Rexon served as Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense, and former Republican Senator from Nebraska, Chuck Hagel. Rexon has also served on the White House National Security Council staff, as Deputy to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, as foreign policy advisor to then-Senator Hagel, and in several policy positions at the State Department and the U.S. Embassies in Cairo and Jerusalem.