Olivier Guitta

Olivier Guitta is a geopolitical strategist, keynote speaker and managing director of GlobalStrat, an international security and risk consultancy with deep regional expertise across Europe, the U.S., the Middle East and Africa. Guitta draws on more than two decades at the intersection of geopolitics, security and markets to help leaders, investors and institutions understand the events shaping their decisions.

His clients include sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, asset managers, Fortune 500 companies, major law firms and governments across four continents, including Goldman Sachs, EY, Marriott, EFG, the International Olympic Committee, Prudential, Eaton Vance and Squire Patton Boggs. Guitta has briefed NATO, the U.S. Congress, the U.K. Home Office and Foreign Office, the European Commission and the European Parliament, and defense ministries in Sweden, Belgium and the UAE. He has addressed the parliaments of the United Kingdom, the European Union and Bosnia, and lectured at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. His analysis has also been sought in legal and regulatory contexts, including by litigation support teams on matters involving geopolitical risk.

Guitta appears regularly on BBC, CNN, Sky News, CNBC, NBC, ITV and France 24, and has given more than 300 on-camera interviews across international broadcast media. His written analysis has been published in Forbes, The Times, Newsweek, Fortune, Le Monde and The Daily Beast.

Born in Morocco and raised across Spain and France, Guitta was educated at the University of Cologne and ISG Paris. He spent 12 years as a portfolio manager in the United States before pivoting into geopolitical risk consulting following the Sept. 11 attacks, working first in Washington, D.C., and then in Europe.

Guitta provides broadcast commentary, podcast appearances, print interviews and keynote speaking on global risk, conflict, geopolitics and their implications for markets and strategic decisions.