Dr Elizabeth Stephens

For eight years she was Head of Credit & Political Risk Advisory at JLT Specialty where she worked with some of the world’s largest commodity traders, energy companies and financial institutions and was actively involved in new business production in Europe, Africa and the US. Whilst at JLT she designed and built the World Risk Review, a country risk ratings tool that provides risk ratings and analysis for 198 territories.

Elizabeth received a Ph.D. in International Relations from the London School of Economics & Political Science where she specialised in US foreign policy towards the Middle East, and she is a guest Lecturer at Cass Business School. She is a regular conference speaker and is regularly quoted in the media, including the Financial Times and The Times and has recently appeared on Sky News, the BBC and CNC.