Geostrategic Business Group

Elevated levels of political risk are creating both challenges and opportunities for global organizations, creating an imperative to develop more strategic risk management approaches. The Geostrategic Business Group helps companies to do this by providing political risk consulting that translates geopolitical insights into business strategy.

Geostrategy by Design

A new book from the Geostrategic Business Group and a professor from the ESG Initiative at the Wharton School, advises executives on how to manage geopolitical risks in the new era of globalization.

Geostrategy design

What EY-Parthenon teams can do for you

The Geostrategic Business Group (GBG) helps you translate geopolitical insights into business strategy.

The Geopolitical Business Group works with other EY teams to assess the potential impact of geopolitical risk on investments, supply chains, data and other areas of a business. With the breadth of our strategic and operational knowledge, the teams develop actionable plans to help you better identify, assess, help manage and strategize around the political risks you face.

We also help you design and implement a geostrategy at your organization, putting in place the governance and processes that adapt business strategy and broader risk management practices to overcome challenges and seize opportunities associated with an increasingly dynamic geopolitical environment.

To thrive in today’s era of geopolitical volatility, all organizations need a geostrategy — the cross-functional integration of political risk management into broader risk management, strategy and governance.

Our political risk consulting services

The team

Oliver Jones

EY Global SaT Markets, Sustainability and Geostrategy Leader
Passionate about providing outstanding support to governments and businesses in a fast changing world. Deeply committed to excellence in public policy. Team builder. Mentor. Flexible worker. Husband and father of three.
London, GBR

Nobuko Kobayashi

EY Asia-Pacific Strategy Execution Leader
Multi-cultural thought leader in Japan. Connector and relationship builder. Embodies a bridge that connects Japan with the outside world. Specializes in the Consumer sector.
Tokyo, JPN

Courtney Rickert McCaffrey

EY Global Geostrategic Business Group Insights Leader; EY Global Research Institute Director – EY Knowledge
Geopolitical analyst and strategist. Creative methodologist. Proud feminist. Passionate about generating insights to help executives make better-informed decisions.
Washington, DC, USA

Mary Cline

Senior Advisor, Geostrategic Business Group
Intrepid business and political strategist. Passionate about connecting the dots between politics, economics and business. Committed to delivering insights on critical global challenges.
Washington, DC, USA

Famke Krumbmüller

EY EMEIA Leader, Geostrategic Business Group
Multilingual political analyst and strategist focused on helping businesses understand and manage politics. Passionate about European and global politics, business, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Paris, FRA

Angelika Goliger

EY Africa Chief Economist
A chief economist with a passion for inclusive growth. Avid podcast listener. Runner. Wife and mother to an active daughter.
Johannesburg, ZAF

David Kirsch

Managing Director, Energy, Ernst & Young LLP
Energy professional. Former diplomat. Economic adviser through three global crises. Seasoned in strategy, risk and competitive intelligence. Father of two, international birder.
Houston, USA

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