George Cajati is the Minerals Team lead in the Office of Energy Transformation in
the Bureau of Energy Resources at the U.S. Department of State. In this role, Mr.
Cajati supports policymaking and implementation that seeks to diversify and
secure mineral supply chains critical to energy transition technologies (e.g.
batteries, electric vehicles etc.). The minerals team coordinates U.S. participation
in the Mineral Security Partnership, a multilateral grouping of 15 governments
which aims to increase responsible development of critical mineral supply chain
nodes (mines, processing, recycling etc.). He engages with a variety of domestic
and international partners from governments, the business community, and
nongovernmental organizations to promote diverse and resilient mineral supply chains.
Having started his career at the State Department in 2012, he most recently served,
from 2017 to 2022 in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs as Acting U.S.
Focal Point for the Kimberley Process, a multilateral body that regulates the trade
in rough diamonds, where he also covered conflict minerals more broadly. From
2015 to the beginning of 2017, he served as Special Assistant to the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions. George is
fluent in Italian and has intermediate knowledge of Spanish.
After spending, much of his early life in Italy George came to the United States for
college. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs from the University of
Virginia and a Master of Public Administration from George Mason University.
He currently resides in Arlington, Virginia