Former Trump Foe to Head Washington Lobbying Group for U.S. CEOs
- Joshua Bolten will replace former Michigan governor Engler
- Bolten tried to organize Republican opposition to Trump
Rahm Emanuel, chief of staff for President-elect Barack Obama, left, listens, as Joshua Bolten, chief of staff for President George W. Bush, speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. The outgoing Bush administration today held a first-of-its-kind table-top exercise for the incoming Obama administration on how the U.S. government would respond in case of another Sept. 11-style terrorist attack. Photographer: Mannie Garcia/Bloomberg News
Business Roundtable, the powerful lobbying group for U.S. corporate executives, has hired Joshua Bolten, a chief of staff to former President George W. Bush and one of President-elect Donald Trump’s Republican critics, as its president and chief executive officer.
The group made the announcement days after its new chairman, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon, began his two-year term. Bolten, 62, who is to start on Jan. 23, will run the day-to-day operations and manage the organization’s staff.