№ 012024Geopolitical Risk · Commodities
Structuring Geopolitical Risk for Commodity Trading
Commodity trading desk
- Geopolitical risk
- Commodities
- State-aligned media
- Sentiment analysis
- Intelligence architecture
- Advisory
Translating technological ambiguity into operational reality.
Designing the frameworks, data architectures and commercial models that turn regulatory complexity and technology risk into executable strategy.
When organizations face shifting technological landscapes, abstract policy mandates, or fragmented stakeholder demands, execution stalls. The vision exists; the machinery to deliver it does not.
My role is to build that machinery, structuring the unstructured across industries, using purpose-built technology.
Selected Work
Building the machinery behind the strategy.
Whether defining an AI-first product roadmap, designing an enterprise pricing model, or architecting a global data taxonomy, the case studies below show how I bridge the gap between strategic complexity and ground-level delivery.
№ 022024Climate & Development Finance
Engineering a policy-to-data taxonomy for climate resilience financing
Inter-governmental development body
- Climate finance
- Data strategy
- Taxonomy design
- Advisory
- Systems thinking
№ 032024AI Governance
Designing an enterprise go-to-market and pricing architecture for an AI governance platform
AI governance startup
- Go-to-market strategy
- AI governance
- Pricing
- Compliance
- Advisory
№ 042025Media Technology
Re-architecting a legacy verification platform for the Generative AI threat landscape
Media technology provider
- Product strategy
- AI
- Media integrity
- Pricing
- Advisory
Current Public Interest Roles
Independent appointments held alongside the consulting practice.
Non-Executive Member
Online Information Advisory Committee
Office of Communications (OFCOM), UK
Independent Expert
Responsible AI · AI Regulation Lab
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM), UK
Thematic Panel Member
Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation
European Commission, DG HOME
Selected Past Engagements
Speaking & media.
Jul 2025 · Speaker
Fostering Business Acumen in Technical Teams
SuperReturn International, Berlin
Oct 2024 · Speaker
'Elon Inc' — Inside Elon Musk's Geopolitical Influence
Bloomberg Tech Summit, London
May 2024 · Panellist
Global Trends, New Frontiers: Updates on the Non-State Online Threat Landscape
Centre for Statecraft and National Security, King's College London
Feb 2024 · Panellist
Protecting Democracies from Foreign Interference
European External Action Service, Brussels
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Nov 2025
SpeakerNavigating Regulatory Hurdles in Data Centre Planning
Data Centres Private Equity Europe, London
Jul 2025
SpeakerSpectrum of Technical Regulation
Thessaloniki International Summer Media Academy
Dec 2024
Guest LecturerComputational and Data Journalism · AI and Social Media Lab
LUISS, Rome
Jul 2024
SpeakerDemystifying Trust and Safety
Journalists Union of Macedonia and Thrace · Thessaloniki Media International Summer Academy
Jul 2024
Workshop LeadInstitutional Capacity Building
Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens
Career Timeline
Operating across finance, large tech and regulatory stakeholders.
Sep 2025 — Present
Current
Independent Expert · Responsible AI, AI Regulation Lab
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM), UK · United Kingdom
- —Appointed by the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM) to review AI use-cases across the energy sector, shaping AI guidance for critical national infrastructure
- —Assessed deployment risks across maintenance, interoperability and predictive modeling — balancing innovation with consumer protection
May 2025 — Present
Current
Non-Executive Director · Online Information Committee
Office of Communications (OFCOM), UK · United Kingdom
- —Appointed by the Office of Communications (OFCOM) Board to advise on regulatory approaches for information integrity risks on regulated digital services
- —Expert guidance on statutory powers, media literacy and AI-generated content — shaping national online safety policy through rights-respecting, evidence-based interventions
May 2025 — Present
Current
Thematic Panel Member · EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation
Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission · Brussels
- —Advising the EU on how technological crises — information manipulation, AI disruption, crypto volatility — drive security risks across member states
- —Guiding digital resilience and geopolitical risk preparedness to strengthen EU-wide capability development
Jun 2024 — Present
Current
Managing Partner & Founder
Independent Practice · Dublin · London
- —Advisory practice for clients navigating geopolitical corporate risk, technology policy and stakeholder management — focused on private equity and regulated technology. See some examples of my work →
- —Published policy articles on exploitation of technology with King's College London's Centre for Statecraft and National Security
Nov 2021 — May 2024
Global Director, Threat Disruption
TikTok · San Jose · Dublin · London · New York
- —Built and led a global threat research and analytics organisation of 15–20 senior ICs and managers across four offices, from inception to full operations
- —Delivered $1M+ in annual run-rate savings by establishing an internal threat-detection capability that replaced third-party tooling
- —Authored TikTok's first public transparency report on covert influence operations, setting industry standards and partnering with the European Commission on landmark EU legislation (DSA, Code of Practice on Disinformation)
May 2020 — Nov 2021
Manager, Global Risk Operations
Meta (Facebook) · Indian Subcontinent coverage
- —Hired and managed a team of 8 within 12 months, scaling enforcement 2× across the Indian subcontinent in response to APAC regulatory scrutiny
- —Team handled 80+ daily incident responses across five markets, spanning elections, communal violence and coordinated inauthentic behaviour
- —Designed a reorganisation of a 500-person operations function projected to deliver a 30% productivity uplift
Feb 2018 — Apr 2020
Program Manager, Global Risk Operations
Meta (Facebook)
- —Developed tactical and long-term response playbooks for content moderation teams during high-risk events
- —Optimised processes for managing content and behavioural risks, enhancing Meta's ability to mobilise global vendor networks for at-scale threat response
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Jun 2014 — Nov 2017
Associate, Wealth Management
JP Morgan Chase
- —Worked in wealth management with a focus on analytics-driven fraud detection and reconciliations
- —Integrated advanced analytics and machine learning into fraud detection systems and reconciliations to identify problematic financing patterns, improving suspicious-activity detection by 30%
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Available for strategic leadership roles, advisory mandates, and board appointments. I am most effective where emerging regulatory views, technology execution risk, complex stakeholders, and geopolitical complexity converge — especially when the machinery must be built from scratch.
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