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FinovateSpring
May 7-9, 2025
Sheraton San Diego Hotel and MarinaSan Diego, CA

Manas Chawla
CEO at London Politica
Speaker

Profile

Manas Chawla is a political risk expert and the Founder and CEO of London Politica, the world's largest political risk advisory for social impact. He has specialist expertise in consulting on “technopolitics”, corporate diplomacy, and crisis management, and has advised the United Nations, Red Cross, and a range of C-suite executives at Fortune 500 companies, and tech unicorns. An accomplished public speaker, Manas has delivered lectures and keynotes on geopolitical risk and open-source intelligence at universities and conferences across the world, including the most widely-watched TED talk on political risk. He serves as Chairperson of LSE’s Political Risk and Investment Society and trustee of the London Speakers Union. Manas is also a regular commentator for a range of international news broadcast programmes focusing on geopolitics and macroeconomics including CNN, CNBC, and Bloomberg. He is currently a PhD Candidate at the London School of Economics, working on a manuscript titled “Silicon Statecraft” which explores how Big Tech actors shape the geopolitical order of the twenty-first century. Manas is a graduate of St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford (Masters) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (Bachelors).

Agenda Sessions

  • Fireside Chat: The Escalation Of Geopolitical Risk – What Does It Mean For Banks And Their Customers?

    6:20pm
  • Keynote Address: The Global Economic & Geo-Political Outlook - What Are The Five Things You Need To Know?

    1:00pm