Thought Leadership event 

Helsinki | October 25 | 12:00 – 16:00 | at Musiikkitalo  


In short

Aon and Stroz Friedberg are pleased to invite you to join our latest risk update, Political and Counterparty Risk in an Age of Uncertainty: Russia, China and the Future of the World Order.  

Join us for a panel discussion with leading industry experts on how investors are managing political and compliance risks during a period of rising uncertainty in great power relations.  

We are very pleased to announce that our guest speakers for this event will be Jeremy Shapiro and Risto E. J. Penttilä. Jeremy Shapiro is research director of the European Council on Foreign Relations and former member, US State Department policy planning staff. Dr Risto E. J. Penttilä is CEO of the Finland Chamber of Commerce and Secretary General of the European Business Leaders’ Convention and a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Council.  


Agenda

12.00 - 13.00 Registration and Lunch

13.00 - 13.05 Welcome, Michael Carr, CCO Nordic Region, Aon Risk Solutions

13.05 – 13.30 Expert Interview: The Future of Great Power Relations Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director at the European Council on Foreign Relations, will be interviewed by Jonathan Friedman, geopolitical commentator.

13.30 – 13.45 Audience Q&A

13.45 – 14.30 How to succeed in the age of radical uncertainty - Using scenarios to prepare your company for high impact changes in the global business environment Risto E. J. Penttilä, CEO of the Finland Chamber of Commerce and Secretary General of the European Business Leaders’ Convention and a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Council.

14.30 – 14.45 Break

14.45– 15.30 Expert Panel: Political and Counterparty Risk Insurance and integrity due diligence experts discuss how the changing world order is affecting businesses.

15:30- 16:00 Post-Event Coffee  


Time & Place

Date October 25

Time 12:00 - 16:00 

Venue Musiikkitalo Mannerheimintie 13 A Helsinki, Finland

Speakers 

Jeremy Shapiro

- Research Director at ECFR. 

Previously he was a fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy and the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings, where he edited the Foreign Policy program's blog Order from Chaos. Prior to Brookings, he was a member of the U.S. State Department’s policy planning staff, where he advised the secretary of state on U.S. policy in North Africa and the Levant. 

He was also the senior advisor to Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon, providing strategic guidance on a wide variety of U.S.-European foreign policy issues.


Dr Penttilä

- CEO of the Finland Chamber of Commerce

...and Secretary General of the European Business Leaders’ Convention and a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Council. 

He is a Trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and a member of the International Advisory Board of Oxford Analytica.


Jonathan Friedman

- Director at Stroz Friedberg, an Aon company

Jonathan Friedman is a recognised authority on international affairs, advising investors, non-profits and governments on Turkey and the wider Middle East. 

He is currently a director at Stroz Friedberg, an Aon subsidiary, managing global due diligence and country risk programmes in London. He previously worked for former US Vice President Joe Biden.


REGISTRATION 

We hope that you can join us for an insightful discussion on how world affairs are changing the risk landscape, network with your peers and meet our risk specialists.

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