Elizabeth Stephens

Elizabeth founded Geopolitical Risk Advisory after 10 years as Head of Credit & Political Risk Advisory at JLT Specialty, where she provided corporate clients with strategic advice on the identification, management and mitigation of country risk.

During this time, she designed and built the World Risk Review, a country risk rating tool that provides risk ratings and analysis for 198 territories.

Elizabeth has a Ph.D. in International Relations from the London School of Economics where she specialised in US foreign policy towards the Middle East.

She is a guest Lecturer at Cass and Henley Business Schools, where she delivers Masters and Executive Education courses on Political Risk Management and Strategic Business Analytics.

Elizabeth is a regular conference chair and speaker and is often quoted in the media, including the Financial Times and The Times and has recently appeared on Sky News, the BBC and CNBC.