"Geopolitics today impacts global economic fundamentals like never before."
"Chaos in the Middle East didn’t cause high oil price - in fact until the Ukraine crisis there was remarkably low price due to deliberate political choices. This same deliberate political choice is now being deployed to cause high price".
"Knowledge of what drives geopolitics dramatically improves my clients' ability to prepare for future risks."
"Dramatic political risks are today a reality of the business world. Corporations can take surprisingly simple steps to understand them."
Multi award-winning academic and internationally renowned consultant, commentator and keynote speaker, Hagai M. Segal is a leading authority on geopolitical issues, strategic risk, the Middle East and counter-terrorism.
He is uniquely placed to look beyond obvious headlines and superficial news analyses, and interpret the real effects of global events as they unfold.
His keynote speeches are sharp, insightful and timely – helping corporations, financial institutions, NGOs, business groups, police forces and security agencies make sense of the increasingly complex and globalised world we live in.
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"Thank you so much for such a fascinating talk, our audience were spellbound and are still talking about it."
Rachael Over, Associate Director EMEA Events Manager, Cushman & Wakefield
"Thank you again for your sensational presentation for The Entrepreneurs' Organization New Zealand at the air base. All the forces present and all of our members are now raving fans of Hagai. Your presentation rated one of the highest we have had."
Sue Fleischl, business leader and TV personality
“The latest lecture you gave for us was a complete success... Your ability to connect to such a diverse group of Bankers and Law Enforcement officials was what made the lecture such a success.”
Nicholas L. Proto, Vice President and Chief Investigator, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
“Hagai's presentations are always excellent – intelligent, topical and thought provoking.”
Paul Lyons, Group Managing Director, Ambition Group Ltd