# Bondi Partners

> Bondi Partners is a Washington-headquartered strategic advisory, advocacy and investment firm founded by former Australian Treasurer and U.S. Ambassador Joe Hockey. It helps boards and growth companies navigate the point where policy, geopolitics and commercial execution collide, with teams across Washington, Los Angeles, Sydney, Canberra, London and Tokyo and a particular strength in the U.S.-Australia alliance, AUKUS, defence, critical minerals, cyber, clean energy and other regulated markets.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Washington, United States
- **Founders:** Joe Hockey (Founding Partner & President)
- **Products:** Strategic advisory, Advocacy and government relations, Capital and transactions, 1941, Bondi Perspectives
- **Notable:** Helped AML3D build U.S. Navy and congressional relationships during a 12-month engagement; AML3D later delivered an A$4.5 million Arcemy system to Newport News Shipbuilding and secured an approximately A$9.9 million follow-on order for four systems., Advised around Bubs Australia's U.S. expansion during the 2022 infant-formula shortage; the FDA announced plans for at least 1.25 million cans capable of making 27.5 million full-size bottles., Established 1941 with Ellerston Capital to back dual-use businesses across defence, intelligence, cyber and space.

## Products & services

- **Strategic advisory** — Board and C-suite advice on geopolitical risk, competitive intelligence, regulation, policy, market entry, supply chains and major decisions.
- **Advocacy and government relations** — Stakeholder mapping, government engagement, policy positioning, reputation work and campaigns intended to shape or navigate public decisions.
- **Capital and transactions** — Deal-flow and transaction support, asset analysis, regulatory navigation, sensitive sales and growth strategy, plus access to capital partners.
- **1941** — A Bondi Partners and Ellerston Capital investment initiative for Australian and U.S. dual-use businesses in defence, intelligence, cyber, space and adjacent national-security markets.
- **Bondi Perspectives** — A weekly intelligence brief on geopolitical, regulatory and political developments across the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan.
- **Bondi Partners U.S. Pulse** — A monthly YouGov polling collaboration tracking U.S. public opinion on the Australia-U.S. alliance and related trade, defence, energy and technology issues.

## Achievements

- Helped AML3D build U.S. Navy and congressional relationships during a 12-month engagement; AML3D later delivered an A$4.5 million Arcemy system to Newport News Shipbuilding and secured an approximately A$9.9 million follow-on order for four systems.
- Advised around Bubs Australia's U.S. expansion during the 2022 infant-formula shortage; the FDA announced plans for at least 1.25 million cans capable of making 27.5 million full-size bottles.
- Established 1941 with Ellerston Capital to back dual-use businesses across defence, intelligence, cyber and space.
- Expanded from its Washington origin to teams in Los Angeles, Sydney, Canberra, London and Tokyo.
- Built a senior bench that has included former cabinet ministers, ambassadors, military leaders, White House officials and a former U.S. senator.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Bondi Partners continued publishing its weekly Bondi Perspectives intelligence and monthly U.S. Pulse analysis across geopolitics, tariffs, energy and the U.S.-Australia alliance.
- **2026-07** — The firm published AML3D as a client case study after the manufacturer secured U.S. defence-sector orders following a 12-month Bondi Partners engagement.
- **2026-04** — Senior Adviser Melanie Brock received Japan's Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
- **2025-09** — Bondi Partners added Jim McDowell, Melanie Brock and Salim Bhabhrawala as senior advisers in naval defence, Japan relations and critical-minerals supply chains.
- **2025-02** — Former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin joined as a senior adviser focused on policy, energy and economic strategy.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bondipartners.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bondi-partners/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bondipartners/

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Last updated: 2026-09-20