Gavin leads Control Risks’ risk analysis practice in Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition to managing a team of analysts based in Mexico City, Bogotá and São Paulo, Gavin provides expert advisory and bespoke consultancy services for clients across the region. Among others, these include: threat monitoring programmes, market entry studies, political risk analysis, stakeholder identification and engagement advisory, and business intelligence investigations.
Recent tasks that Gavin has worked on include:
Gavin is based in Mexico City but has travelled extensively throughout the Americas. He has an MA in Latin American studies from the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London and a BA in ancient history from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Gavin is a regular contributor to media outlets, including CNN Español, the Financial Times, Al Jazeera and the Mexican national newspaper Reforma. He is fluent in Spanish.