Lena Komileva, City veteran and chief economist of market research and economic intelligence consultancy (g+)economics, is a geopolitical expert uniquely positioned at the cross section of policy, markets and economics, with two decades of experience advising front-line decision makers in financial markets. A cross-asset specialist in thematic macro mega trends and financial policy, Lena has advised asset allocators, risk managers and chief executives across investment banking, custodial, brokerage, hedge funds and long-term fund management, working with institutions such as the CFA Institute, the World Gold Council, McKinsey & Co, central banks, pensions, and the UK public financial sector.

From the heart of global capital markets, Lena has a public track record of ahead-of-consensus strategic calls on structural shifts in the global economy including the 2025 Global Geopolitical Shock, the Covid19 global inflation shock, the Global Financial Crisis, and the euro debt crisis, accurately predicting policy responses and the impact on long-term macro-market trends.

Lena is regularly invited as expert speaker at policy and industry forums, she is a guest columnist published in the Financial Times, Bloomberg Opinion and Foreign Policy, and is a regular expert economist voice on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, BBC News, Sky News, frequently quoted in the FT, WSJ, Reuters and Bloomberg News.