At Geopolitical Insights, we believe that strategic foresight, analytical rigor, and swift execution are essential. Our expertise became evident in early 2020 when we anticipated the profound economic and political consequences of the COVID pandemic. While many focused on the immediate crisis, we were already advising clients on how to navigate a new era of expanded public spending, government intervention, and geopolitical realignment.
Through our proprietary framework, deep expertise, and network of thought leaders, we strive to anticipate where the world is headed helping public and private clients understand the landscape and secure optimal positioning.
We also support the execution of strategies co-designed with our clients. We call this approach “Practical Geopolitics”™.: connecting macro trends with actionable opportunities for business and policy. Drawing on our multidisciplinary insight geopolitics, policy, economics, and engineering we’ve helped align major projects with EU priorities, enabling clients to become trusted partners of European institutions.
Our work is driven by a commitment to strategic impact, actionable intelligence, and effective execution. From boardroom briefings to securing innovation funding, we empower organizations to navigate complexity, manage risk, and seize opportunity.
Finally, we are proudly pro-EU. As a European geopolitical risk consultancy focused on practical geopolitics, we help clients align their strategies with the European Commission’s geopolitical agenda leveraging both our expertise and our broad ecosystem.
We don’t just analyze trends; we anticipate them. Our ability to foresee political, economic, and technological shifts helps our clients stay ahead of the curve.
Our recommendations go beyond theory. We focus on actionable strategies that translate into real-world outcomes, whether aligning our clients´projects with Brussels´ existing and prospective public investment lines, helping shape EU policy and regulation, or mitigating risks.
We provide objective, data-driven analysis, free from bias or external influence. Our commitment is to deliver the most accurate insights and solutions.
We see ourselves as an extension of our clients’ teams, building long-term relationships based on trust, collaboration, and shared success.
As a European geopolitical risk consultancy with a distinctive focus on practical geopolitics, we are driven by a clear purpose: Leveraging our deep expertise and broad ecosystem to help our clients align their business strategies with the European Commission’s geopolitical priorities —strengthening Europe’s resilience, integration, and capacity for innovation.
We combine diverse disciplines (geopolitics, public policy, economics, and engineering) to understand complexity from multiple angles. This integration allows us to design solutions that are both analytically rigorous and institutionally grounded.
We are a team of experts in geopolitical risk analysis, tech and engineering, public policy, and strategic advisory with a track record of helping businesses and institutions navigate complex political and economic landscapes.
Our multidisciplinary team is composed of professionals with backgrounds in international relations, defense policy, economics, and engineering, trained at leading institutions such as Columbia University, MIT, King´s College and the LSE. We bring a unique combination of academic excellence, government experience, and private sector insight to deliver strategic intelligence that drives decision-making.
What sets us apart is our practical approach to geopolitics. We don’t just analyze trends—we help companies translate geopolitical shifts into actionable business strategies. Whether it’s mitigating supply chain risks, securing public funding, or identifying new opportunities in an evolving regulatory environment, we equip our clients with the tools to turn uncertainty into competitive advantage including the execution of the strategies we jointly design.
Our extensive network across European institutions, academia, and the private sector allows us to bridge the gap between policy and business. We believe that in a world of rapid transformation, understanding geopolitical dynamics is no longer optional—it’s a strategic necessity.
Expert in geopolitical analysis, defense policy and energy policy. Since 2020, he has directed Geopolitical Insights, with a wide portfolio of projects in strategic areas and prospective work, as well as coordinating the Renewable Energy Area.
He has more than a decade of experience in geopolitical risk, strategic advice and defense and security policies for public institutions and private sector clients. Former advisor in the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Government of Spain and former head of Defense Policy at the Alternative Foundation, he has worked for clients such as Airbus, Eurasia Group and several Spanish multinationals and European investment funds that are now part of the Geopolitical Insights client portfolio. His combination of knowledge in engineering, public policy and international relations theory provides a multidisciplinary perspective especially relevant to evaluate how geopolitical events, strategic dependencies and industrial capacities affect public and private Spanish and European organizations.
Aeronautical engineer (UPM), graduated in Political Science and Administration (UCM) and Master’s degree in International Affairs (MIA) by Columbia University.
Manages the Analysis and Advice in Geostrategy, Geoeconomics and Security Area. He advises companies and institutions to align their strategy and projects with the geopolitical priorities of the European Union, with a special focus on the areas of digital sovereignty, defense and ecological transition.
Holds more than twenty years of experience in government, second-way diplomacy, consulting and the multilateral system. Worked as a foreign policy advisor in the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Government, where he contributed to the articulation of the first Spanish Security Strategy. For more than fifteen years at the Toledo International Center for Peace (CITPax) he promoted high-level negotiation processes in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria, Israel/Palestine and Colombia among others. In the United Nations World Food Program (UN-WFP) he contributed to the creation of the Global Partnerships Lab in Nairobi. He began his career as a researcher at the IISS, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and the Madrid Club. He is currently also an associate researcher at CIDOB and an associate professor at the IE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs.
MA in Law (ICADE), MA in Peace and Security (Department of War Studies, King’s College London), and diploma holder of the CESEDEN National Defense Course.
As manager of the Defense and Dual-Use Technologies division, he advises both major corporations and emerging startups on aligning their activities with the strategic priorities of the Armed Forces and the European Commission.
He possesses extensive experience coordinating and contributing to funding programs for European defense R&D and emerging, disruptive technologies. Key highlights of his career include serving as Technical Director for the EDF-funded KOIOS project, acting as an expert evaluator for the NATO DIANA accelerator, and participating as a non-governmental expert in European Defence Agency CapTechs. He has conducted technology foresight and defense innovation work for the Ministry of Defence and NATO, building on previous research and innovation roles at the Elcano Royal Institute and CIDOB. He is an Associate Professor of International Security and Geopolitics at the University of Salamanca.
PhD in Applied Mathematics (USAL), Master’s degree in International Relations (IBEI), and Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence (UPM).
He works in the Dual-use Technologies and Defense Strategy, as well as Analysis and Advice in Geostrategy, Geoeconomics, and Security Areas, serving as a researcher and project drafter.
He has produced geopolitical risk reports and contributed to the development of the firm’s analytical methodologies, providing cross-functional support for consulting, strategic analysis, and business development projects. He has served as an institutional liaison at international trade fairs.
Graduated from the joint Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program (UAM-UC3M-UPF-UAB), Master’s degree in International Business Management (UC3M) and United World Colleges Scholar (UWCAD).
