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 for 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 for producing qualitative risk measures, developping tools and fundamental portfolio analysis supporting discussions with portfolio managers and board members. In recent years, his responsibilities led him to work on improving the risk management processes, implementing a geopolitical strategy, and coaching 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).