Top Risks to Australian Business 2024-25 (KPMG)
We wrote this report, the second in our KPMG Top Geopolitical Risks series, to highlight that risk isn't about discrete disconnected shocks, it's interconnected. Looking at risk scenarios tells us more about where we're vulnerable, and how we can be better prepared for the future.
Engaging China: Developing risk-informed board strategies
In this session, experienced chair and director Vivienne Yu, GAICD CEW FCPA, and I talk about how boards can understand business engagement with China as a set of distinct dimensions, what a robust China strategy looks like in practice, and the specific levers boards can use to maintain oversight while still positioning for opportunity.
NB, recording is free via AICD for members and non-members.
AICD Boardroom Confidential
Now more than ever, geopolitics is shaping organisational planning, investment and risk management. In this discussion, Merriden breaks down what the present and future ‘polycrisis’ world means for directors, and highlights the global megatrends reshaping board agendas.
Populism and business - with Evan Lucas
In this episode of Exchanges with Evan Lucas, we unpack how populism’s anti-establishment sentiment and ‘us versus them’ mentality are driving a new wave of protectionism, reshaping global politics and economic policy.
Navigating populism: Strategic imperatives for Australian business
This report I authored for KPMG on 'Global populism and Australian business – shifts and implications' provides business leaders with a clear understanding of how populism is influencing global markets and institutions, and what strategic actions they can take to stay resilient and competitive. The report offers strategic guidance for business leaders navigating political volatility and global disruption.
Global Geopolitics from an Australian Perspective
This chapter of the ‘Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Geopolitics’ examines who Australia thinks it is, and how that national strategic identity affects Australia’s understanding of regional and global geopolitics.