Rebecca Hughes

Director

  • EMEA
  • Political and Country Risk
  • Investor Services
  • Ethics, Compliance and Governance

Rebecca is a Director in Control Risks’ Intelligence and Investigations practice for the EMEA region.

Based in Copenhagen, Rebecca leads on complex strategic intelligence, market entry/exit support and investigative assessments, with a particular focus on the global operations of Nordics-headquartered organisations. She advises clients on operationally complex markets, gathering intelligence to help them navigate commercial, political and threat dynamics.

Recent tasks that Rebecca has worked on include:

  • Long-running risk management support for an international client involved in a dispute with a state-owned entity, resulting in a positive outcome for our client.
  • Multiple market entry due diligence, control dynamic and network analysis assessments, to support our clients’ consideration of investment opportunities and politically exposed partners.
  • Multiple intelligence assessments in Libya, Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan, responding to specific concerns, threats and corruption issues impacting employee safety and business operations.
  • Sanctions evasion investigations spanning the MENA region, Asia, Europe and South America, including in relation to illicit oil trading and product diversion linked to Iran, Iraq and Russia.
  • Conflict-of-interest investigations across the MENA and Europe regions, to support our clients’ internal investigations into third parties and employees.
  • Rebecca joined Control Risks as a researcher in 2017. Based in Dubai, she focused on information-gathering on sanctions and political risk issues in Iran, Iraq, Yemen and the Maghreb and Gulf regions. She later relocated to Control Risks’ UK headquarters to support UK- and Europe-based clients with interests in the MENA region.

    Prior to joining Control Risks, Rebecca worked for an international charitable arts organisation. She has worked and travelled extensively in complex environments, including in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Ukraine.

    Rebecca has a master’s degree in Persian and English Literature from the University of Edinburgh, with a focus on Persian language and Iranian politics and literature.

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