Founded 1991 | Founders Ed Rogers, Haley Barbour | |
Headquarters Washington, D.C., United States | ||
BGR Group is a lobbying firm based in Washington DC, three blocks from the White House, and also has an office in London. The firm was founded in 1991 by Ed Rogers and Haley Barbour.
In 2013 the firm was paid $13.7 million for lobbying and its three largest clients were the Republic of India,Ukraine Chevron Corp. and the State of Kazakhstan. The firm employs various former political figures including Ambassador Kurt Volker, Jeffrey Birnbaum, and Gov. Haley Barbour. Rick Kessler, a lobbyist working for BGR Group was running for a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates in May, 2014.
In 2014 Huffington Post reported that BGR Group was "at the center of [a] lobbyist network" supporting Republican Senator Thad Cochran, while he fought a tight primary election race against Tea Party candidate, Chris McDaniel.
In April 2015, the Government of South Korea retained BGR for public relations and image building.