Angela Mancini is Partner and Head of the Global Risk Analysis practice for Asia Pacific at Control Risks, based in Singapore. She leads a team advising governments and private organisations on how their strategies might be exposed to political, regulatory and reputational risks and developing strategies which allow them to operate successfully amidst geopolitical uncertainty.
Previously, she was the Head of the Control Risks APAC Markets and Partnerships team, and she also led the Southeast Asia office, a team providing political risk, investigative and security consulting projects for clients across ASEAN. Earlier, she was based in New York City as the Managing Director leading the firm’s accounts team for the Eastern U.S. and Canada, and she headed the Financial Services practice in the Americas.
Recent tasks that Angela has worked on include:
Angela’s expertise is in geopolitical and regulatory risk, business intelligence and complex problem solving in China and across the APAC region. She is a member of the firm’s Global Partner Group, and she sits on the Regional Executive Committee for APAC.
Angela is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), formerly with Deloitte & Touche, and has worked in financial services and economic development for over 25 years, covering Asia for the past 15 years. She has been posted in Russia, Azerbaijan, Indonesia and Egypt and has worked extensively in India, China, and sub-Saharan Africa.
Before joining Control Risks, Angela was Managing Director and Head of Asia, Russia/Eurasia and Africa Programs for the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC), a boutique advisory chaired by the late former US Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker, focused on strengthening international banking and financial markets. During her time at FSVC she also ran field programs in Egypt and Indonesia.
She is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a frequent commentator on the intersection of foreign policy and business. She appears regularly in the media, including on BBC, CNBC, CNA (Channel NewsAsia), Bloomberg News, NPR and in the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal.