Speaker

Sir Robin Niblett is a Distinguished Fellow with Chatham House (the Royal Institute of
International Affairs) in London, where he was the Director and Chief Executive for 15 years
(2007 – 2022), and Director of Ledwell Advisory, offering insights into geopolitical trends
and their implications for risk management by private institutions.
He serves on the International Advisory Board of Brown Advisory, the US investment firm,
and was Senior Adviser for geopolitics and international affairs with Hakluyt, the London-
based strategic advisory firm, from 2022 through 2024.
A leading expert, writer and commentator on relations between Europe, the US, and Asia,
Robin is the author of The New Cold War: How the Contest Between the US and China Will
Shape Our Century (Atlantic Books, 2024).
He is also Distinguished Fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute and Senior Adviser to
the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC, where he served
previously as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer overseeing all
research and operations.
Robin was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
in The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 Birthday Honours. He received his MPhil and DPhil
in International Relations from New College, Oxford.