Matthew Axelrod

Matthew Axelrod serves as the assistant secretary for export enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security.

Mr. Axelord leads an elite cadre of special agents and analysts dedicated to the enforcement of the country's export control laws. He and his team protect and promote U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives by stopping exports of sensitive goods and technologies that can be put to malign purposes like weapons of mass destruction proliferation, military and military intelligence applications, terrorism and human rights abuses.