Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Chris-topher Wray has named Amir Ehsaei as the special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division of the Los Angeles Field Office.

Ehsaei most recently served as a section chief in the Human Resources Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington.

The new director is responsible for counterterrorism investigations in Los Angeles as well as large portions of Asia and Australia. He is also responsible for crisis response matters and the weapons of mass destruction program.

Ehsaei began his career as an FBI special agent in 2004. He was first assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force in the Los Angeles Field Office and moved to the Human Intelligence Squad in 2010. Ehsaei was deployed to Baghdad in 2010, leading an interagency team that interviewed members of a foreign terrorist organization.

Ehsaei continued to move up the ranks and was promoted to chief of the Employment Development and Selection Program Section of the Human Resources Division at Headquarters in 2018. As section chief, he oversaw the Leadership Selection Unit, the Office of Workforce Development, the Performance Appraisal Unit and the Transfer Unit.

Prior to joining the FBI, Ehsaei was an attorney. He is a member of the Florida and California state bars and is fluent in Farsi.

For information, visit fbi.gov.