Geopolitical Risk and Strategy Practice (GRASP)

GRASP advises companies, governments, universities and their leaders on how to foresee, plan for and manage geopolitical risks, capture opportunities and build resilience strategies. We deliver practical results and use uniquely Australian lens on geostrategy.

  • Strategic foresight of global trends and impacts. Turning insights into actions for boards and CEOs

  • Building leaders’ and organisational preparedness for structural geopolitical changes and emergencies

  • Designing and executing due diligence strategies. Strategic engagement with Australian and foreign policymakers

Geopolitical risk and resilience

We advise organisations and leaders on strategies to foresee and manage risks and capture opportunities in Asia, the world’s most dynamic region. From situational briefings to comprehensive strategies, we help translate insights into decisions and actions.

Portfolio: Co-leading the National Asia Taskforce to advise the Australian Government and business on improving Australian business competitiveness and risk-management in Asia

Thought-leadership: Australian CEOs face a wave of geopolitical risks (The Interpreter, Lowy Institute, 2024)

Strategy and organisational renewal

We work with organisations and leaders to design global strategies, reset operations, renew and re-energise teams and grow their impact.

Portfolio: Designing and executing the transformation and renewal of Asia Society Australia to be the leading national business and policy centre on Asia

China and China-Russia relationship

Understanding China’s policies, politics and economy is an essential capability for any global organisation and leader. The expanding ties between China and Russia are having an impact on virtually every facet of global security and economy. 

I bring a unique expertise of both countries and systems to examine China’s policy and economic developments and the impacts of the Moscow-Beijing alignment.

Portfolio: Founding the China-Russia Program at the Asia Society Policy Institute; Co-authoring Australia’s first national public China Strategy

Thought-leadership: Together and Apart: The Conundrum of the China-Russia Partnership (Asia Society Policy Institute, 2023)

Universities and geostrategy

Universities play a transformational role in the betterment of our societies and in connecting nations and cultures. But in a fragmenting world, beset with geopolitical tensions and rapid technological and societal changes, universities must find new ways to continue building bridges of understanding and contribute to their nation’s security and prosperity.

I help universities to integrate geopolitical risk and resilience in their international education, operation and research strategies.

Portfolio: Developing a strategy for the University of Sydney’s offshore Centre in China

Thought-leadership: Australian internationalisation must be rethought – but not abandoned (Times Higher Education, 2024)