Thomas Eymond-Laritaz

Founder & CEO at Highgate (UK)

Speaker

Thomas Eymond-Laritaz is the Founder & CEO of Highgate, a strategic advisory firm expert in dispute resolution and special situations. Thomas has advised more than a dozen Presidents and Prime Ministers, and numerous CEOs and prominent individuals throughout the world on large-scale disputes, crises and philanthropic projects.

Thomas worked for the French Prime Minister in Paris, and served as senior political adviser to the Bulgarian Prime Minister in Sofia and to the Georgian President in Tbilisi. He worked for five years in Kyiv as Chief of Staff to Victor Pinchuk, one of Ukraine’s most prominent investors. Before setting up Highgate in 2020, Thomas served as Managing Director at Mercury and Executive Director at APCO Worldwide in London.

Thomas has a longstanding passion for philanthropy and sustainability. He worked for the French Ministry of Environment and played a key role in the creation of the first international Emissions Trading System (ETS). He designed and led the largest philanthropic foundation in Eastern Europe, and spearheaded the creation of an Aspen Institute in both Ukraine and the U.K. He currently sits on the board of the Aspen Institute Kyiv.