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L. Thomas Block

Washington Policy Strategist

L. Thomas Block is the Washington Policy Strategist at Fundstrat, and also President of Tom Block Consults, a public policy consulting firm. Tom had a 21-year career at J.P. Morgan Chase, where he served as Global Head of Government Relations and created a Washington Research product. For 17 years he served as the senior lobbyist responsible for managing political relationships with the U.S. government, state and local governments, as well as the E.U. and its member states. He created the bank’s E.U. Government Relations program. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 1987, Tom was a vice president at Irving Trust Company, one of the nation’s 20 largest banks, where he started the Government Relations program. He has held several positions with members of the House and Senate, serving as Legislative Assistant and Chief of Staff in the House, and Legislative Staff Director in the Senate. Tom has also worked on political campaigns, both as a strategist and speechwriter. He served as a member and Vice Chairman of the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of State.