Guillaume A. Callonico

Geopolitical Risk Manager, Senior Director at CDPQ, a global leading public pension fund manager. He is a political scientist and risk manager specializing in International Relations, Democratization process and geopolitical risk. He leads the team responsible of cross-sectoral and geopolitical risk. His team identifies, assesses and monitors the main financial and geopolitical risks for global portfolio and specific investments. The team is also responsible to produce qualitative risk measures, develop tools and fundamental portfolio analysis supporting discussions with portfolio managers and board members. In the recent years, his responsibilities led him to work on the improvement of the risk management processes, the implementation of a geopolitical strategy, and to coach global companies to better understand and manage geopolitical risks. Mr. Callonico also teaches political and geopolitical risk management at the University of Montreal and is also the author of the Geopolitical Awakening of Finance (2023).