Terry Branstad’s latest venture offers advice on doing business in China

Former U.S. Ambassador to China and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is back in the consulting business.

Branstad and Steve Churchill, who served as his former chief of staff to the U.S. embassy in Beijing, have launched a new venture called the Branstad Churchill Group LLC. The U.S.-based firm will provide advice, guidance and solutions to organizations, corporate leaders and investors seeking to conduct business in China and the United States.

“The relationship between the United States and China is the most consequential relationship in the world,” Branstad said in a news release announcing the new partnership. “At the Branstad Churchill Group, we specialize in bringing strategic insight and solutions to corporate leaders and investors conducting business in China and the United States.”

According to the news release, the Branstad Churchill Group hopes to be a strategic partner in helping organizations and individuals advance their goals in areas of strategic insight, risk management, market growth and stateside services. Branstad served as the U.S. ambassador to China from 2017 to 2020 after two gubernatorial stints in Iowa that made him the longest-serving governor in U.S. history.