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I analyse how shifts in political power, foreign policy and capital flows, and everything in between, create risks and opportunities for companies, investors, and institutions operating across borders. My focus areas: regulatory compliance, security, and emerging technology. Region: EMEA If your organisation is navigating a complex geopolitical environment and needs someone who can translate complexity into decision-relevant intelligence, let's talk.
Portfolio
High-growth companies scaling rapidly often overlook a critical risk: the way equity incentive structures shape employee behaviour, and the conduct and regulatory exposure that follows.
This brief examines how compensation design in fast-scaling firms can create misaligned incentives, driving behaviour that conflicts with regulatory expectations and internal risk appetite. The analysis maps key risk pathways from incentive structure to conduct outcome, identifying where the greatest vulnerabilities sit and what strategic adjustments would bring compensation design into better alignment with governance and compliance frameworks.
Intended for HR leaders, CFOs, and risk functions at high-growth companies navigating the tension between aggressive talent retention strategies and regulatory responsibility.
Apollo Association was facing direct exposure to Chinese trade tariffs across their merchandise supply chain, with escalating US-China trade tensions creating urgent uncertainty around sourcing costs, customs risk, and supplier relationships.
This brief delivered a situational analysis of the tariff landscape as it applied to their specific business, mapping the key political and regulatory risks alongside a stakeholder analysis of the actors shaping trade policy. The output gave the client a clear picture of their exposure and a strategic framework for navigating it, whether through supplier diversification, pricing adjustments, or regulatory positioning.
Odrysia Capital was evaluating a Japanese market entry amid one of the most uncertain macroeconomic environments in decades, rising interest rate volatility, yen instability, and compounding geopolitical pressures created significant gaps in their existing risk coverage.
This brief mapped those exposures across monetary policy, FX risk, and regulatory frameworks, identifying where the portfolio was most vulnerable and where strategic opportunity remained viable. The output gave the client a forward-looking risk-adjusted view of their Japan prospects, actionable intelligence rather than a general market overview
