Angela is Partner and Asia Pacific lead for the Geopolitical and Country Risk practice, based in Singapore. She also leads the Global Strategic Advisory practice, a global team of political risk practitioners operating at the intersection of politics and strategic corporate decision-making, to help clients both capture commercial opportunities and manage political risk-related crises.
Angela helps Fortune 500 clients to anticipate, navigate and respond effectively when facing complex situations driven by politics, regulation or stakeholder malfeasance at the geopolitical, national and local level. She brings deep country knowledge and a comprehensive understanding of corporate risk management and compliant business practices. Visible and accessible, Angela builds longstanding relationships with her clients that continue across multiple organisations.
Recent engagements include:
- Advising international companies on navigating the changing political risk, and managing regulatory requests and rapidly changing government stakeholders, in the wake of the coup in Myanmar
- Guiding a high-growth investor regarding political risk across Latin America following the US action in Venezuela, providing scenarios, risk indicators and mitigation measures related to potential expansion
- Developing an internal government affairs handbook with a Western headquartered financial services client in Southeast Asia, for engaging with senior level regulators. This now serves as a model for other markets globally
“Opening our Egypt office during the Iraq war taught me to be very independent and creative in solving client problems.”
Angela is a member of Control Risks’ Global Partner Group and the Geostrategic Advisory Global Leadership team. She is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has worked across many markets, including Russia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Indonesia, Singapore and the US. She has also worked at length across Asia, including China, India and SE Asia, Canada, Africa and Europe. A regular media commentator and speaker, she frequently appears on CNBC, the BBC, Bloomberg and Channel News Asia.
She holds a BA in Business Economics and Accounting from the University of California, and a Masters in International Affairs, Economics and Foreign Policy from Columbia SIPA. She is a Certified Public Accountant with extensive experience in financial services.