Experts in the art of intelligence

Strategic intelligence leader and investor with over 25 years' experience. Lead Independent Director of Canaccord Genuity and founder of Subversive Capital.

Former Chief of Staff of the White House National Security Council and US Department of State, with over 30 years of experience in the public and private sector.

Political risk expert in Eurasia and Associate Fellow, Chatham House Russia & Eurasia Programme. Ranked one of the top political risk practitioners globally by Chambers & Partners.

Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the US Department of State, with expertise across sanctions, hostage affairs, and negotiations.

Former Obama Administration political appointee and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Chief of Staff for Middle East Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Specialist in large-scale transformation, complex programme execution, and executive advisory. Former Deloitte, Booz Allen Hamilton and North Highland.

Advisor with over 15 years' experience, specialising in complex corporate investigations and shareholder intelligence. Ranked by Chambers & Partners as a leading disputes practitioner.

Former senior UN official with extensive experience across the Middle East and expertise in diplomacy, geopolitical risk, strategy and the intersection of politics and business.

Specialist in human source intelligence and stakeholder management, with 15+ years' commercial experience in energy and mining across emerging markets. Advises on corporate strategy, M&A, and disputes.

Investigator with 15+ years’ experience directing intelligence, due diligence and litigation support for leading companies and law firms. Emerging markets specialist with deep Middle East experience.

Former Goldman Sachs partner with 23 years of experience and expertise in cross-border transactions, equity capital markets and emerging markets.

Former Big Four forensic partner with deep experience in financial investigations, compliance, corporate governance and due diligence.

Expert across political risk and strategic advisory in Russia and the Caucasus, with a background spanning intelligence and advisory work for government and private-sector clients.

Works on the political risk team, providing analysis on policy, mining, and geopolitics. His regional specialisation is in Eurasia, particularly in Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and Russia.

Specialist across digital threats and trust & safety, leading OSINT investigations into extremist and high-risk online ecosystems for tech, government, and law enforcement clients.

Expert across content safety frameworks, AI model evaluations, and technology policy and regulation, with experience at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British diplomatic service in Mexico.

Specialist across political, regulatory and infrastructure risk and opportunities in the oil, gas, and resource sectors, with 25 years' experience working in and around the Eurasian region.

Extremism expert with 20 years' experience advising on violent extremism, extremist networks, and emerging digital threats for law enforcement, technology companies, and practitioners.

Works across operations, research, and communications, with a background in marketing, sales, and financial markets.

Works with firm leadership on business operations and strategic initiatives, with a background in operations, financial management, and executive support.

Experienced investigator and case manager across strategic intelligence, disputes and due diligence mandates, with experience in Latin America, Southern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Expert on AI governance, civic integrity, misinformation, and child safety, with a background in tech policy and regulation, and experience across Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Expert on the intersection of politics, geopolitics, and capital markets, with more than 15 years' experience in academia, capital markets, and business intelligence across Eurasia.

Leading global expert in investigating and disrupting emerging violent extremist and terrorist networks, with over 10 years’ experience leading teams across investigation and advisory.

Specialist across due diligence, asset tracing, and other evidence gathering matters, with particular expertise in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia.

Leads technical and policy implementation of AI safety and governance for tech companies, AI labs and public institutions. Specialises in multilingual benchmark evaluation and emerging risk policy.

12 years’ experience supporting senior executives in the technology and intelligence industries, overseeing business operations, driving strategic initiatives and ensuring operational excellence.

Policy expert with proven leadership across top tech companies, driving complex, high-stakes initiatives in policy development, enforcement, and regulatory forecasting.

Specialises in security, intelligence, and digital threat analysis, advising major technology companies on protective intelligence and the risks posed by online radicalisation and generative AI.

Expert on illicit finance, running investigations into sanctions evasion, corruption and fraud linked to Eurasia. Associate Research Fellow at the University of Exeter.