BPI Group and Mandala Partners announce strategic alliance to combine data, communications & marketing to deliver best in class policy campaigns

Bully Pulpit International (BPI), the award-winning public affairs and communications agency, and Mandala Partners, the highly regarded economics and policy research and advisory firm, today announced a strategic alliance to provide a unified global offering designed to help multinational corporations and organizations leverage data to achieve public affairs objectives across continents.

The alliance combines BPI’s leading expertise in communications, marketing and integrated campaigns with Mandala’s advanced economic and policy analysis and research. The complementary capabilities of each team will combine to drive change and deliver outcomes for top leaders and companies. Furthermore, the collaboration extends both firms’ geographic coverage and market-leading capabilities across United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia and the Asia Pacific region to help clients such as world leading technology companies, financial institutions and the critical minerals industry.

“Sophisticated organizations increasingly require their campaigns to be supported by the highest standard of evidence, because policymakers and the public don’t always just take a company’s word for it,” said Ben LaBolt, President of BPI. “This alliance is about helping clients achieve their top business and policy priorities by leveraging data and modern campaign technology. Together, we are creating a unique offering that ensures our clients can build a robust, quantitative case for change and communicate those benefits to policymakers and key stakeholders around the world.”

The partnership is structured to allow BPI and Mandala to jointly serve leading organizations that require a seamless link between global headquarters strategy and effective regional implementation, particularly in fast-evolving markets where policy shifts quickly impact operations and reputation. The combined offering will allow clients to reshape narratives, secure license to operate, determine tangible impact, and reach key audiences globally.

“Driving policy outcomes in the modern global environment requires an always-on advocacy model that seamlessly integrates robust data-driven insights and effective communication. We have been working with BPI around the world and it’s exciting to extend that collaboration through this strategic alliance, which will equip our clients with the rigor and persuasive power needed to shape debates and outcomes across a broad range of markets,” said Amit Singh, Managing Partner of Mandala Partners.

BPI Group and Mandala Partners will remain independent, continuing to pursue distinct opportunities and maintain separate capabilities. This is the first formal international alliance for both firms.