Tina Fordham: How I Made Bankers Care About Politics

On Wednesday 29th April, the OFS is honoured to be video-hosting Tina Fordham, world-leading political analyst who revolutionised the world of finance. Starting her career in the man-dominated banking of early 2000s, she began to teach bankers and investors about the crucial importance of assessing political risk in the financial world. After 20 years of advising the top management of Citigroup, the United Nations or British Prime Ministers, Tina is among the world's greatest experts on the crucial intersection between finance and politics. Today, she is a partner at Avonhurst, helping leading institutions protect billion-dollar investments. Still, she is perhaps most recognisable for her appearances on the likes of the BBC and Bloomberg as a commentator on international affairs. We could hardly hope to find a better expert to help us understand the vast financial and economic consequences of the current pandemic!

With a rich career encompassing work for institutions…