France
I founded and lead Polisphere Advisory, an EMEA-focused investment and geoeconomic consulting firm that helps investors, multinational firms, and governments seize new opportunities and mitigate risks in complex business and regulatory environments. I am also a Middle East Advisor with Teneo’s Geopolitical Risk team, and a Non-Resident Fellow with the Arab Gulf States Institute (AGSI). After leading AGSI’s political economy research from Washington, D.C. for several years, I will continue to support the institute’s visibility and impact in Europe and the Middle East as a Non-Resident Fellow from my base in Paris. I am also the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) Research Fellow for 2025-26, a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a Member of the Board of Advisors of Henley & Partners, a global wealth migration advisory firm. The Middle East Policy Council listed me in their inaugural 40 Under 40 awards for influential Middle East experts. I have served as a consultant with Eurasia Group, Oxford Economics, NATO, the National Intelligence Council, European government entities, international business associations, global law firms, and in many other senior consulting and advisory capacities. I was previously Head of PR and Marketing at Oxford Strategic Consulting and held a number of journalism roles in the Middle East and North Africa. I am a leading expert on the Gulf states and their role in the global economy. My most recent book explores sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East and Asia, and I am also the author of "A Political Economy of Free Zones in Gulf Arab States" (Palgrave Macmillan 2021). My current research and advisory work spans geoeconomics, geopolitics, sovereign wealth funds, special economic zones, trade, investment, regulatory environments, technology trends, the politics and economics of Gulf Arab states, and China-MENA relations. I have held roles across the private sector, policy analysis world, and academia in the U.S., Europe, and Middle East. I hold a DPhil and MPhil degrees from the University of Oxford and a BA in Arabic and Government from Georgetown University.