Expert Bio

William Henagan is an expert on US industrial policy. As a Director for International Economics on the National Security Council and the National Economic Council, he spearheaded the development of the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact) between the United States, Finland, and Canada, as well as other shipbuilding, infrastructure, economic statecraft, and maritime industrial policy work ranging from tariff design to US government investment strategy. William has held multiple economic policymaking roles at the White House, the National Security Council, and the Department of Commerce across two presidential administrations. Prior to government, he worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company and currently serves as an intelligence officer with the US Navy Reserve assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency. William holds graduate degrees in finance, social policy, and political science from the University of Virginia, University College London, and the University of Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar. 

 

Expertise

US industrial policy