Our People

Sean is the author of Unruly: Fighting Back When Politics, AI and Law Upend the Rules of Business (Wiley 2025) and former Deputy CEO of Eurasia Group. He has spent two decades advising CEOs, boards, and General Counsel on the geopolitical shocks that move markets, reshape risk, and force companies to make hard strategic calls in the fog of global unruliness.

David has built a career at the intersection of politics and technology. Starting as a Middle East expert at Eurasia Group, David then moved in-house to advise the leadership of Chevron on political risk in critical markets. He left Chevron to join AI startup Kensho, where he worked on geopolitical AI in its earliest manifestations. After Kensho was acquired by S&P Global, David worked there as an AI product leader.

Steve helped build one of the defining data and AI companies of the modern era as an early executive at Palantir. He brings deep experience from mission-driven work with the US Department of Defense and NYPD, where software, intelligence, and high-stakes decisions had to come together under pressure.

Julio has more than a decade of experience building software and AI systems. As Head of Engineering at Hence Technologies, his work spanned global news analysis, data pipelines and models that identify key actors, events and regulatory changes. He brings practical experience turning large volumes of information into tools that help businesses understand developments relevant to them.

Dave has built and grown research, data and advisory businesses serving corporate leaders and investors. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer and Director of Advisory Services at Eurasia Group and spent nearly a decade on the leadership team of Bloomberg New Energy Finance. His experience also includes advising early-stage businesses and serving on the executive team at News Deeply.

Michael is Chief Innovation Officer at The Unruly Corporation, President of the ALEA Institute, and author of This Is Server Country: AI, Power, and the Remaking of Rural America (2026).

Rohit has more than two decades of experience growing businesses across geopolitical intelligence, technology and professional services. He led business development for Eurasia Group’s innovation unit and held commercial roles at Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services, Verisk Maplecroft and Observatory Group. He also co-founded Judicium Education and served as Chief Revenue Officer at Fintel, combining entrepreneurial experience with leadership in established research and technology businesses.

Mark has led some of the most important international organizations in the world — from serving at the top ranks of the World Bank to leading UNDP and serving as UN Deputy Secretary-General, establishing the International Crisis Group, and serving as the top executive at the Open Society Foundations. He served as a UK government minister under Gordon Brown. He is a trusted advisor to CEOs, with decades of private-sector experience in board roles at FTI, Investec, and many other organizations.

Eric has spent three decades helping global technology companies navigate politics, policy and regulation. He led global government affairs at Salesforce and previously served as Senior Vice President of International External Affairs at AT&T, following legal and regulatory roles at BT and Concert. His experience spans AI, privacy, security and the relationship between business and government around the world.

Tsveta is a lecturer in political science at Columbia University. Her research examines democracy, democratization, and the relationship between domestic politics and international relations. She is the author of From Solidarity to Geopolitics (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and advises public and private organizations on policy and political risk.

Matthew helped build POLITICO into a leading transatlantic news organisation, serving as founding editor of POLITICO Europe and later editor-in-chief of POLITICO in Washington. Earlier, he held reporting and editorial roles at The Wall Street Journal and covered the former Soviet Union for the Financial Times and The Economist. His reporting on Ukraine earned an Overseas Press Club award and recognition as a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Samir’s career spans diplomacy, security research and academia. He served in the UK Foreign Office, including a year monitoring the conflict in eastern Ukraine, before teaching War Studies at King’s College London and becoming a Senior Fellow at IISS in Singapore. He subsequently led Chatham House’s Centre for Global Governance and Security and is the author of Westlessness and The Great Imperial Hangover.

Damien has spent two decades analysing China’s political economy and its implications for global business. He founded and led MacroPolo, the Paulson Institute’s think tank, after helping build the China practice at Eurasia Group. His work spans industrial policy, technology, energy and US–China relations, with experience advising multinational companies, institutional investors and governments.

Andy has a long history of running global businesses at the intersection of media, education, technology, and culture. As CEO of Pearson and former Chairman of Disney International, he has led iconic organizations through disruption, transformation, and global growth. He is a trusted advisor to top boards and investment houses with a particular focus on helping global businesses succeed.

Juan brings boardroom judgment from the top tier of global professional services and financial institutions. Former PwC Vice Chair, he has advised senior leaders through major strategic, regulatory, and operational decisions and has brought that perspective to boards including Wells Fargo, UST, and Blumberg Capital.