McLean tech company names president, CEO

Lee Spirer joins CIBT Global Inc. after executive VP role at Navigant

Published May 12, 2020 by Sydney Lake

McLean-based mobile technology company CIBT Global Inc. announced Tuesday that Lee Spirer will be the company’s new president and CEO. Spirer will split time between the company’s McLean and New York City offices.

Succeeding John Donoghue, Spirer was most recently the executive vice president and chief growth and transformation officer at Navigant. He has also held executive roles at Kroll Inc., Dun & Bradstreet Corp. and International Business Machines Corp. (IBM). Donoghue will transition into the role of chairman of the company’s board of directors.

Spirer earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Brandeis University and his master’s degree in business administration from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Founded in 1989, CIBT Global provides mobile services for visa, passport and immigration documentation and employs more than 1,600 immigration and visa professionals, attorneys and migration consultants. CIBT was acquired in June 2017 by Kohlberg & Co. LLC, a private equity firm in New York, and Kohlberg & Co. LLC purchased CIBT from Abry Partners LLC.