Alexandra Kellert

Associate Director

  • Europe
  • Managing political risk
  • Regulatory and Economic Risk Monitoring
  • Market Entry/Exit Risk Assessment

Alexandra leads Control Risks’ geopolitical and country risk analysis for Western Europe and the EU institutions. She advises clients through bespoke consulting work, ad hoc queries, and our subscription services.

Her areas of expertise include Brexit, EU regulatory affairs, protest movements and direct action, organised criminal groups in Italy, terrorism patterns in Western Europe, and electoral politics.

Recent tasks that Alexandra has worked on include:

  • Analysis of the GDPR and other EU legislation relating to data protection and handling for a global technology company.
  • Regular written and oral briefings for a multinational technology company on EU policies and their potential impact on the technology sector.
  • A detailed overview of EU regulatory processes for a multinational conglomerate, including stakeholder mapping.
  • A multi-country, security-focused threat assessment for a car manufacturer operating at several Western European sites, making specific reference to threats at a hyperlocal level.
  • Country-specific threat assessments for a multinational pharmaceutical company, focusing on regulatory issues affecting medicines as well as supply chain concerns and security threats.

  • Alexandra joined Control Risks in 2012 as an Editor and has been an Analyst since 2016. Before joining Control Risks, Alexandra worked in Brussels producing communications materials on EU policies for the European institutions.

    She holds a BA in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge and an MA in Middle East and Mediterranean Studies from King’s College London. During her MA studies, she focused her research on relations between the EU and North Africa.

    Along with her native English, she speaks fluent French and Italian as well as basic German and Spanish.

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