In July Hagai undertook his latest stint as a Tutor (the Oxbridge term for a teacher/lecturer/instructor!), on Geopolitics, at Christ Church, Oxford on the University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education’s fantastic Oxford Experience programme. Such a wonderful class/students, and it is always a pleasure to live and teach at one of Oxford’s most historic and unique colleges.
Uni. of Oxford - Geopolitics: Finding the Patterns in the Chaos
On May 16th Hagai participated in SFO Week in Westminster, London, the world’s premier peer-to-peer conference for single family offices, including speaking on an esteemed panel looking at economic and geopolitical dynamics re. China.
On April 24th 2024 Hagai gave the opening keynote address to Sompo’s UK Client Advisory Board event in the Hampshire countryside on the current dynamics in geopolitics and its economic implications. It was a hugely enjoyable evening with such an informed and intelligent group of attendees, and great to be able to continue the conversation over drinks and then over pizza ! The client thanked Hagai for a “thought-provoking session that was a highlight of the event!”.
On March 22nd Hagai spoke in Auckland at a lunch event for AIG New Zealand, for their key brokers and customers, in association with Marsh New Zealand, on the current geopolitical environment and its economic implications.
Head of AIG New Zealand, Liam Pomfret, posted on LinkedIn that Hagai’s analysis “provides comfort in what feels like chaos, showing the true dynamics and patterns behind world events”, while AIG NZ Head of Marketing + Communications, Nicola Vallance, posted “If you ever get the opportunity to hear Hagai speak, put all other plans aside and go. You will leave in equal parts alarmed and reassured but always with fascinating insight into the geopolitical forces driving conflicts and agendas around the world and how they impact business here in New Zealand (or wherever you are!). “
On April 17th Hagai participated on an expert panel on Middle-East Geopolitics at the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) global Geopolitical Summit at the House of Lords in London.
YPO, founded in 1950, is the world’s largest leadership community of CEOs/chief executives — over 30,000 members globally coming together “to become better leaders and better people”.
The two day event included panels on key global and regional geopolitical dynamics, with other speakers including the Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK, former UK Defence Ministers, Generals and Admirals, current members of the House of Commons and House of Lords, and leading academics and other experts.
Hagai was thanked by the organisers for his “extraordinarily informed and worthwhile” contribution to the discussions.
On October 19th 2022 Hagai gave a webinar briefing for global clients of Bradesco BBI, the Brazilian investment bank, entitled Geopolitics + the Outlook for Oil Markets.
Hagai addressed recent developments including the war in Ukraine and its economic effects, the OPEC+ production cut, its implications and what it tells us about US-Saudi and US-Russian relations, China-US dynamics, and impacts on energy transition.
Hagai was thanked by the organisers for “a simply excellent!” briefing.
On the morning of August 4th - the evening of August 3rd in London! - Hagai gave a virtual seminar for AIG in New Zealand and Australia on taking control during these times of great geopolitical instability.
It was a great pleaure to work again with AIG New Zealand and Australia, and many fantastic and probing questions were asked by the NZ and Aussie attendees.
On April 20th 2022 Hagai appeared on the BBC News Channel to discuss the latest Israeli-Palestinian tensions and the challenges of resolving the conflict with all the current instability and uncertainty across the rest of the Middle-East.
On March 15th Hagai again addressed the AIG Risk Management Academy (ARMA).
Having address the current academy group at the first event 18 months ago, Hagai now addressed the final gathering, on the topic of geopolitical impacts on the corporate risk environment.
Hagai was thanked by the organisers for “another great session… the content was brilliant”
On March 16th Hagai virtually addressed this year’s Arowana global Circle of Leadership (COL) group.
Arowana is an award winning global B Corporation that has a number of operating companies and investments, including in electric vehicles, renewable energy, vocational education, technology and software venture capital, and impact asset management.
Circle of Leadership is the centrepiece programme of Arowana.U, their in-house learning and development academy.
Hagai addressed current geopolitical dynamics with a specific focus on Ukraine/Russia and Saudi Arabia/the Middle-East.
Arowana Founder Kevin Chin posted afterward that it was “One of the best all time COL talks”.
It has today been announced that Hagai is a 2020 recipient of the NYU Liberal Studies Teaching Award for Global Faculty.
The award recognises faculty members teaching Liberal Studies (LS) students at the NYU global sites for their excellence in teaching and commitment to global pedagogy in the LS curriculum.
Honorees exemplify excellence in interdisciplinary, global and decentered teaching, and help students connect to the global and local environment.
Nominations were submitted by students, and reviewed by a selection committee.
https://liberalstudies.nyu.edu/news-events/faculty/spring-2020/Global-Site-Faculty-Award.html
On March 12th Hagai gave the opening keynote address to Refinitiv’s ‘Energy Interactive 2020’ conference in central London.
Refinitiv is one of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, serving more than 40,000 institutions in approximately 190 countries.
Entitled ‘Geopolitics Impacting Energy Markets’, Hagai explored how global political dynamics - from the Middle-East to the US-China trade war - are affecting energy supply and price, yet why geopolitics is less chaotic than it can seem and thus how key trends can be identified and acted on today and going forward.
From September 9th to 12th Hagai participated in the 26th CLSA Investor’s Forum in Hong Kong,
Run for over a quarter of a century by CLSA, Asia’s leading capital markets and investment group, the Forum each year brings together over 2,000 delegates from more than 40 countries, including over 1,500 global institutional investors and many hundreds of corporate executives.
Hagai gave one of the main-stage keynote addresses to the conference - on the topic of the Iran-Saudi / Sunni-Shia conflict driving political, strategic and economic events in the Middle-East and beyond - as well as hosting a number of meetings and briefings for key attendees/delegates.
Other keynote speakers at the Forum included John Kerry, former US Secretary of State, and Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia.
While in Hong Kong Hagai delivered a briefing to a joint breakfast gathering of board members of the Mordril Properties, Mordril Investments, KC Maritime and Chellsea companies.
Entitled ‘Contextualising Geopolitics - Trends, Patterns, Impacts, Assessment Tools’, Hagai provided a detailed analysis of current developments and trends in global politics, their economic impacts and implications, and the impacts of them on the businesses in attendance.
On August 22nd Hagai gave the opening keynote address in Auckland to the annual conference of Financial Advice New Zealand, the body representing the New Zealand financial advisor community, committed to ‘helping Kiwis thrive’.
The theme of the 2019 conference was ‘Be Brave, Be Bold’.
Hagai’s keynote, that gave a global context to the wide-ranging issues the conference was to address, was entitled ‘Being Brave And Bold In An Uncertain World’.
On May 23rd Hagai gave the opening keynote address to the TXF Global Commodity Conference in Amsterdam.
Each year the event brings together around 500 senior commodity finance professionals from across the world.
Hagai’s keynote on current geopolitical issues and their impacts was praised by the event organisers as “a fantastic keynote speech delivered perfectly by Hagai. A lot of our delegates have mentioned how much they enjoyed it and how interesting and useful it was”.
In March, Hagai addressed the EISF Annual Forum in Germany.
EISF represents over 100 aid agencies operating internationally, as an NGO network for security focal points, and is a global centre of excellence for humanitarian security risk management.
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In October and November Hagai gave keynote addresses to two Citywire conferences, one in the UK and one in Italy.
In October he addressed the Citywire Wealth Manager Retreat near London and, in November, the Citywire Italy 2017 event in Florence.
Both presentations looked at the impact of geopolitics on key economy factors and how investors can become more literate of geopolitical risk and thus bettter anticipate its impacts.
Photos - © Mallinsons
In October and November Hagai gave keynote addresses to two Institutional Investor conferences for senior investment audiences.
In October he addressed their European Institute's Chief Executive Officer Roundtable in Milan, and in November their European Alternative Investment Institute's Senior Delegates Research Summit in Paris.
Both presentations looked at the impact of geopolitics, in an ever more uncertain world, on the global economy and the investment climate.
Hagai was thanked by the Paris organisers for doing an "excellent job setting the scene for the discussions that followed... Quite a few of the audience commented on how they really felt they learned something new and how useful it was".
In September Hagai participated in the Standard Chartered Bank Investor Conclave in Hanoi, Vietnam, an event attended by investment firm CEOs from across Asia.
Hagai presented on geopolitical risk and cyber threats, and their implications for the investment environment and the global economy.
Forrest Hayes, Managing Director, Global Accounts, Investors & Insurance at Standard Chartered Bank commented that "Hagai's deep knowledge of both political risk and cyber security brought tremendous insights to our senior clients".
Hagai also joined a delegation that met with the Vietnamese Prime Minister, and visited a Liverpool FC Community Engagement event - that Standard Chartered support through its Goal programme and as Liverpool sponsor - that together aim to combine sports with life-skills training to empower girls with confidence, knowledge and skills that can help them be future leaders in their communities.
