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Sam Wilkin, Head of Business Research, Oxford Economics

Sam Wilkin is head of business research at Oxford Economics, one of the world’s foremost global forecasting and research consultancies.

Sam is coauthor of Risk Rules: How Local Politics Threatens the Global Economy. The Harvard Business Review called the book “powerful” and Mark Mobius of Templeton Asset Management said “the authors exhibit a strong knowledge of what goes on behind the scenes in emerging markets”. Belgium’s Trends magazine noted that “the authors’ analysis of political stability mixes humour, drama, and an eye for ironic details”.

Sam advises corporations and governments on global issues ranging from the rise of the BRICs to stability in the Middle East. He is a frequent speaker on current affairs, emerging markets, and geopolitical risk.

His published articles cover topics ranging from reform of financial regulation to Turkey’s EU accession prospects. His most recent article, “Can Bad Governance be Good for Development?”, appears in the February/March 2011 edition of Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, the journal of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Sam previously served as associate director of the consultancy practice at Oxford Analytica, head of political risk consulting for Aon Trade Credit and director of country analysis for Marvin Zonis & Associates. He received his M.A. in international relations from the University of Chicago. He is the editor of Country and Political Risk: Practical Insights for Global Finance, and was the 2004 alumni fellow for Eckerd College.