Barnaby heads the Geopolitical and Country Risk team for North and Central America and the Caribbean. He advises clients on navigating the region’s rapidly evolving risk landscape, providing executive briefings and in-depth reports for organizations on extremist violence, organized crime, policy volatility and trade relations. His team operates from offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, Montreal and Mexico City.
Barnaby has extensive experience supporting numerous multinational companies in managing political and security threats in some of the world’s most challenging environments. He previously worked in the EMEA region and led the analyst team for East and Southern Africa. His work included monitoring and verifying an emerging insurgency in northern Mozambique and supporting organizations in Zimbabwe after the resignation of President Robert Mugabe.
Recent engagements include:
- Advising a sovereign wealth fund on US renewable energy policy, including assessing political risks around a specific wind power portfolio to inform an investment decision.
- Helping a port authority’s general counsel understand the political and geopolitical implications of the potential foreign acquisition of a major US port, including mapping key stakeholders at a federal, state and municipal level.
- Monitoring election developments and security concerns for dozens of organizations around the 2022 midterm and 2024 presidential US elections, including major technology and retail companies.
Prior to Control Risks, Barnaby contributed analysis and journalism to a range of consulting firms and publications, including the Economist Intelligence Unit, AKE Group, Engineering & Mining Journal, Hart’s E&P and Oil & Gas Investor.