Parag Khanna
Boards are being asked to commit capital across a world where the rules of trade, alliance and supply have stopped holding. China exposure, sanctions regimes, climate-driven migration and the reordering of supply chains now sit inside investment cases that were once treated as macro background. Leaders need a way to read the new map before they price the next decision.
Parag Khanna helps boards and institutional investors translate geopolitical shifts, demographics and supply chain realignment into specific capital and country decisions, drawing on seven books and the AlphaGeo geospatial analytics platform he founded.
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Why organisations work with Parag Khanna
- A trilogy of books on global order, connectivity and the Asian century gives clients a coherent thesis on where capital, people and supply chains are moving, not a topical scan of headlines.
- Founder of AlphaGeo, which operationalises his frameworks as geospatial risk analytics for institutional investors, so the work in the room connects to a product used inside investment processes.
- Advised US Special Operations Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and the US National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends programme, which sharpens the briefing for boards weighing political risk and sanctions exposure.
- Sits inside the Gulf and Asian capital-allocation conversation through the UAE Ministry of Economy’s International Advisory Council and a senior advisory role at Gulf Capital, giving Western audiences access to perspectives they rarely hear directly.
- Multi-pillar fluency on geopolitics, climate adaptation and demographic mobility means a single keynote can reframe the same investment committee on country risk, supply chain and talent strategy.
Biography highlights
- Founder and CEO, AlphaGeo, an AI-powered geospatial analytics platform for institutional investors.
- Author of seven books including Connectography, The Future is Asian and MOVE, published by Random House, Simon and Schuster and W&N.
- PhD in International Relations, London School of Economics; BSc and MA, Georgetown School of Foreign Service.
- Senior Geopolitical Adviser to US Special Operations Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan (2007); adviser to the US National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends programme.
- Named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century”.
- Visiting Senior Fellow, LSE Data Science Institute (2025-27); member, UAE Ministry of Economy International Advisory Council.
Biography
The argument that capital follows borders has stopped working. Supply chains, energy flows, migration and digital infrastructure now describe the world more accurately than the political map, and Parag Khanna has spent two decades building the data and the language to read it. His trilogy Connectography, The Future is Asian and MOVE traces that shift from theory through to the operating reality facing investment committees and corporate boards.
The work sits on serious institutional ground. A PhD from the London School of Economics, two degrees from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, and senior research posts at Brookings, the New America Foundation and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore. He has advised US Special Operations Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and the US National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends programme, work that informs how he handles questions on sanctions, China exposure and political risk in front of senior audiences.
What separates the speaking work from the wider geopolitics circuit is that he runs the product. AlphaGeo, the company he founded and leads as CEO, turns the same geospatial and scenario frameworks into analytics used by sovereign wealth funds, pension plans and asset managers. The result is a keynote that connects a global thesis to the country, sector and asset-level decisions a board is already wrestling with.
He also sits inside the conversations Western audiences rarely access directly. A seat on the UAE Ministry of Economy’s International Advisory Council, a senior advisory role at Gulf Capital, and a long working relationship with Asian governments and family offices give him a view of where Gulf and Asian capital is actually being committed, and why.
Key speaking topics
- Geopolitical risk and the new global macro
- Asia, the Gulf and shifting capital flows
- Supply chain restructuring and connectivity
- Climate-driven migration and demographic mobility
- Country risk for institutional investors
- AI-powered geospatial analytics for decision-making
- Scenario planning and strategic foresight
Ideal for
- Boards and investment committees of asset managers, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds reweighting country and sector exposure
- CEOs and CSOs of multinationals revising supply chain, China and Gulf strategy
- Heads of strategy, risk and policy in financial services, energy and infrastructure
- Family office principals and private equity partners pricing geopolitical and climate risk into capital decisions
Audience outcomes
- A working thesis on where capital, people and supply chains are moving over the next decade, anchored to named regions and corridors
- A clearer read on China exposure, sanctions risk and the Gulf and Asian counter-cycle for committee-level conversations
- Practical framing for how climate-driven migration and demographic shifts intersect with country risk
- Exposure to how leading sovereign and institutional investors are using geospatial analytics inside live investment processes
Talks
A read on the macro and geopolitical forces redrawing the investment map, and which geographies and sectors stand to gain.
Key takeaways:
- A framework for ranking country and regional exposure under multipolar conditions
- How supply chain, energy and capital flow shifts feed into sector-level outcomes
- The investment implications of US, China, India and Gulf realignment
A practical guide to multi-alignment strategy for corporations and investors operating across great-power blocs.
Key takeaways:
- Where US, China and middle-power competition is creating openings and traps
- How to structure China, Gulf and emerging market exposure under sanctions risk
- The shift from globalisation to a managed, regionalised global economy
A demographic-led view of how migration and mobility are reshaping where workforces, skills and growth actually sit.
Key takeaways:
- Why ageing and migration are now first-order capital allocation variables
- The countries and cities winning the competition for skilled talent
- What this means for workforce strategy, real estate and infrastructure
A working approach to building climate resilience into corporate strategy, capital planning and location decisions.
Key takeaways:
- How geospatial analytics surface climate exposure at asset and supply chain level
- The geographies emerging as climate-stable destinations for capital and people
- Where adaptation, not mitigation, is becoming the dominant corporate question
A direct argument that Asia, broadly defined, is now the centre of gravity for commerce, capital and consumer demand.
Key takeaways:
- The economic and demographic case for an Asia-led 21st century
- How Gulf, South Asian and Southeast Asian capital is reshaping global markets
- Practical implications for market entry, partnerships and country strategy
Videos
Testimonials
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Fees
| EUR | GBP | USD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home Country | €40000 to €90000 | £35,001 - £75,000 | $50000 - $100000 |
| Asia Pacific | €40000 to €90000 | £35,001 - £75,000 | $50000 - $100000 |
| Europe | €40000 to €90000 | £35,001 - £75,000 | $50000 - $100000 |
| Middle East & Africa | €40000 to €90000 | £35,001 - £75,000 | $50000 - $100000 |
| South America | €40000 to €90000 | £35,001 - £75,000 | $50000 - $100000 |
| United Kingdom | €40000 to €90000 | £35,001 - £75,000 | $50000 - $100000 |
| US East Coast | €40000 to €90000 | £35,001 - £75,000 | $50000 - $100000 |
| US West Coast | €40000 to €90000 | £35,001 - £75,000 | $50000 - $100000 |
| Virtual | €12000 to €40000 | £10,001 - £35,000 | $15000 - $50000 |