Clinton leads Control Risks’ Geopolitical Advisory practice, based in Washington. He works with senior business leaders to strengthen judgment and decision‑making amid geopolitical volatility, regulatory uncertainty, and macroeconomic change. With a deep understanding of clients’ businesses, incentives and constraints, he translates complex political and economic dynamics into clear, decision‑ready insight that helps leaders focus on what matters.
Many of his clients are seeking to move beyond episodic risk analysis toward more durable geopolitical resilience. Clinton supports this shift by helping leadership teams embed geopolitical risk into core strategy, investment decisions, governance, and crisis preparedness.
Clients value his ability to anticipate emerging decision needs before they are fully articulated, access non‑obvious sources of insight, and frame complex risk in commercially grounded, action‑oriented terms.
Clinton frequently convenes senior figures from government, industry and finance to surface perspectives, test assumptions, and challenge prevailing mental models. These forums – whether private briefings, scenario discussions, or peer‑level exchanges – are a core part of his approach to agenda‑setting and executive preparedness.
Recent engagements include:
- Supporting multinational energy and infrastructure companies in developing forward‑looking scenarios for Venezuela’s political, economic and regulatory trajectory
- Convening senior leaders from systemically important global companies and financial institutions to assess second‑ and third‑order business impacts of the Middle East crisis across priority sectors
- Advising investors and corporates on critical minerals and supply‑chain exposure, amid tightening US and allied‑country regulatory frameworks
Clinton is a former CIA officer with experience in analysis and operations, including service as a White House liaison. He was a senior leader at the World Economic Forum and, for more than two decades, has advised senior decision‑makers across developed, emerging and frontier markets. He has extensive on‑the‑ground experience across Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Clinton holds an MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS and a BA in History from Washington and Lee University, and he speaks Spanish and Portuguese.