FGS Global (“FGS”), a leading global strategic advisory and communications firm, today announced Asaf Nagler joined as a Managing Director in the Washington, D.C. office. Nagler will play a pivotal role in leading FGS’s growing infrastructure practice, bringing extensive experience in public affairs, business, and communications across key sectors including transportation, electrification and energy.
As a key member of the Global Public Affairs team, Nagler will be instrumental in helping clients develop, navigate, and execute strategies that shape infrastructure and transportation policies and markets to positively impact their businesses.
“We are excited to welcome Asaf to the team,” said Joel Johnson, Partner at FGS Global. “His deep understanding of how policy and regulations influence business growth and decision-making - from sales and marketing to product development and manufacturing - will make him an exceptional advisor, helping clients realize positive outcomes for their organizations.”
Nagler joins FGS from ABB, a leading electrification and automation technology provider to a variety of infrastructure sectors. He most recently built and led the External Affairs team at ABB E-mobility and shaped Federal, State and Canadian policy, regulatory, and market frameworks for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. Working in both mature and nascent industries from niche market to scale, he understands on a foundational level, the interplay between business, technology, and policy.
He previously served as Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary at the US Department of Energy where he helped oversee $37 billion in Recovery Act investments and manage $8 billion in annual energy programs including energy efficiency, renewable energy, electric grid, nuclear and fossil energy, and nuclear clean-up.
Asaf’s experience includes founding a solar data analytics company that provided services to electric utilities and starting a financial services advisory firm for clean energy infrastructure companies. He is a graduate of Colgate University and The George Washington University Law School.
About FGS Global
FGS Global is the world’s leading stakeholder strategy firm, with approximately 1,400 professionals in over 30 locations in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, advising clients in navigating critical issues and reputational challenges. The FGS Global infrastructure and transportation practice offers public affairs and government relations, communications, investor relations, and M&A support to clients across infrastructure sectors including transportation, utilities, energy, water, aviation, telecommunications, and automotive.
FGS Global was formed from the combination of Finsbury, The Glover Park Group, Hering Schuppener and Sard Verbinnen & Co to offer board-level and C-suite counsel in all aspects of stakeholder strategy — including corporate reputation, crisis management, and public affairs and is also the leading force in transaction and financial communications worldwide.
FGS is consistently ranked a Band 1 PR firm for Crisis & Risk Management and for Litigation Support by Chambers and Partners. For the second year, FGS was ranked #1 Global M&A PR firm by Deal Count and Value in 2024 by Mergermarket.