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The impact of an Ebrahim Raisi presidency
Join Henry Smith for a conversation with Control Risks in-house expert Nicki Siamaki, Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, the founder and CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation and Dr. Farid Sigari-Majd, Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where they discuss the impact Raisi will have on the ongoing negotiations with the US, Iran’s sanctions environment in the coming year and challenges and opportunities that foreign businesses will be presented with in Iran’s market.
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COVID-19 In Africa Episode 4: No easy fix for food security challenges in Africa
Barnaby Fletcher, Control Risks’ lead analyst for Southern Africa, speaks with Halima Aden and Rose Mumanya, two of our researchers based in Nairobi, to discuss the growing threat of food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. This is part of a regular series of podcasts exploring the impact of COVID-19 on this dynamic, but vulnerable, region.
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Fighting match fixing with data
Alecia Futerman and Jonathan Brown speak with Nick Ilife of Stats Perform about the increasing prevalence of match fixing in sport and how Stats Perform uses data analytics and AI to monitor millions of sporting events globally in real time each year.
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Buying Charlton: A conversation with Thomas Sandgaard
Join Control Risks' Jonathan Brown for a conversation with Thomas Sandgaard -- CEO and founder of medical device company, Zynex Inc -- who acquired Charlton Athletic in September 2020. They chat about the challenges Thomas faced during the club takeover, as well as the importance of ethics in club ownership and business more generally.
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Integrating ESG into third party risk management
Join Control Risks experts Maria Knapp, Emily Morgan and Clare Morton for a discussion about how ESG factors impact on supply chain and third party risk management programmes. What are the drivers that will define what ‘good’ looks like? What are companies already doing? And what are some of the practical considerations for integrating ESG into your third party risk diligence programme?
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Integrating ESG into third party risk management
Join Control Risks experts Maria Knapp, Emily Morgan and Clare Morton for a discussion about how ESG factors impact on supply chain and third party risk management programmes. What are the drivers that will define what ‘good’ looks like? What are companies already doing? And what are some of the practical considerations for integrating ESG into your third party risk diligence programme?
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What Biden means for the Middle East and North Africa
Join Control Risks experts Graham Griffiths, Ashley Halabi and Andrew Freeman for a discussion the ramifications of the current political and economic turmoil in Lebanon.
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A conversation with Kieran Maguire (Part 1)
Join Jonathan Brown, Partner, and Alecia Futerman, Associate Director, from Control Risks' forensics team for a discussion with Kieran Maguire, author of The Price of Football and co-host of the popular podcast of the same name.
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COVID-19 In Africa Episode 8: The state of African public debt
Join Control Risks Analysts Patricia Rodrigues, Marisa Lourenço, and Valentin Robiliard for a discussion about how the increase in borrowing and capital spending by African governments in recent years has led to growing public debt burden that has only been exacerbated by economic fallout from Covid-19.
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Fighting doping in ice hockey
Join Jonathan Brown, Partner, and Alecia Futerman, Associate Director, from Control Risks' forensics team for a discussion with Ashley Ehlert, the Legal Director for the International Ice Hockey Federation.
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Addressing ethics and compliance in athletics
Join Jonathan Brown and Alecia Futerman from Control Risks' forensics team for a discussion with Niels Lindholm, who became first Ethical Compliance Officer to join World Athletics in 2018.
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Opposition and resentment in Pakistan
Join Control Risks experts Graham Griffiths and Arsla Jawaid for a close analysis of the current situation in Pakistan and what this all means for business.
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Political and economic turmoil in Lebanon
Join Control Risks experts Graham Griffiths, Ashley Halabi and Andrew Freeman for a discussion the ramifications of the current political and economic turmoil in Lebanon.
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Investing during and after Covid-19
What are the implications of Covid-19 on private market investors? Join Control Risks experts Charlie Warren, Henry Smith and John Seddon for a discussion about the investment climate created by the pandemic, its challenges as well as its opportunities.
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The Africa Risk Reward Index 2020
Join Tom Griffin, Barnaby Fletcher, Bukola Bolarinwa and Jacques Nel for a look at some of the key insights from the 2020 African Risk Reward Index, produced jointly by Control Risks and Oxford Economics.
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The evolution of integrity in football
Join this discussion about how football has evolved over the past decade and how that has required a change in attitude to governance and integrity.
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A new era for the Tennis Integrity Unit
Join Jonathan Brown, Partner, and Alecia Futerman, Associate Director, from Control Risks' forensics team for a discussion with Jonny Gray, CEO of the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), the anti-corruption body for all professional tennis played around the world.
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The rise of esports
Join this discussion about the rise of esports and how experts monitor and address issues around integrity, governance, and safeguarding.
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A tale of two countries: opposition in Singapore and Malaysia
Join Dane Chamorro for a discussion with Harrison Cheng about the impact of political opposition in Singapore and Malaysia.
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COVID-19 In Africa Episode 7: Oil and gas -- what to expect as the pandemic eases
Join Control Risks experts Barnaby Fletcher, Mikolaj Judson and Oulimata Soumaré for a close look at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Africa’s oil producers.