Bob McNally

Who is Bob McNally?

Robert Bob McNally is an international energy market consultant and President of The Rapidan Group, a Washington-based energy market and policy consulting firm. His career has focused on energy markets and policymaking, specializing in global oil fundamentals, geopolitical risk, and regulatory policies affecting conventional and alternative fuel markets. During the first term of President George W. Bush, McNally served on the White House staff as Special Assistant to the President on the National Economic Council and Senior Director for International Energy on the National Security Council.

He received a BA/BS in International Relations and Political Science from American University and an MA in International Economics and American Foreign Policy from The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. McNally served in the Peace Corps from 1988–1990 and was stationed in Senegal. He began his energy career in 1991 as an analyst at Energy Security Analysis, Inc. in Washington DC. In 1994, he joined Tudor Investment Corporation, where he advised portfolio managers on energy markets, macroeconomic policy and geopolitics.

Bob McNally co-authored an essay with Michael Levi in the July/August 2011 issue of Foreign Affairs entitled A Crude Predicament: The Era of Volatile Oil Prices. He has been interviewed by publications such as The Economist, Financial Times, Washington Post, and appeared on the news network CNN. In addition, McNally was interviewed by Reuters, Knowledge@Wharton, and on Platts Energy Week TV.