Matthew S. Borman
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration

Matthew S. Borman currently serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration. In this position‚ Mr. Borman is responsible for implementing the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) controls on the export of dual-use and military items for national security‚ nonproliferation, and foreign policy reasons. He is also responsible for BIS’s programs to ensure that industrial resources are available to meet national and economic security requirements‚ including section 232 import investigations and defense industrial base surveys, BIS's implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Additional Protocol to the US-IAEA Agreement. In addition‚ he oversees BIS's Deputy Assistant Secretaries for Strategic Trade and Technology Security. Mr. Borman previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2001-2024, during which time he oversaw sweeping national security controls to counter China’s military-civil fusion strategy, played a key role in developing and implementing US and allied strategic trade restrictions on Russia, led updates to the Export Control Reform initiative, and developed secure trade policies with Cuba, among other achievements. Prior to his appointment as Deputy Assistant Secretary‚ Mr. Borman served as Acting Chief of the Enforcement and Litigation Division of the Office of Chief Counsel for Export Administration. As division chief‚ he was responsible for providing legal advice to the Export Enforcement unit of BIS‚ including the adjudication of administrative enforcement actions.

Mr. Borman entered the Commerce Department in 1992 as an attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel for Export Administration. As an attorney in that office‚ Mr. Borman was responsible for a variety of matters‚ including attempts to revise the Export Administration Act‚ Congressional‚ General Accounting Office and Office of Inspector General investigations and studies‚ Freedom of Information Act requests‚ and export control cooperation with foreign governments. Before entering government service, Mr. Borman represented clients in a variety of trade, regulatory and pro bono matters in private practice.

Mr. Borman received his B.A. in History from Northwestern University‚ his M.A. from Northeastern University‚ and his J.D. from New York University School of Law.