Kevin advises Fortune 100 CEOs and significant institutional investors with insights on geopolitical and policy risks, and their investment and corporate strategy implications.
He plays an active role in promoting the firm’s research agenda and developing its macro views, as well as integrating Teneo’s geopolitical advisory services across the platform.
Prior to joining Teneo, Kevin was the director of Strategic Clients at Eurasia Group and a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. Previously, he was in international institutional equity sales with the Spanish bank BBVA, and earlier, with Bear, Stearns & Co.
A sought-after public speaker, Kevin regularly presents to a wide range of audiences worldwide on geopolitical risks and trends.
Kevin is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Kevin received a BA in Economics from Vassar College.
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What to Watch in 2023: Outlooks for the Year Ahead from Teneo’s Geopolitical Risk Team
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Teneo Insights Takeaways – Recession Risks and the Global Economic Outlook
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Teneo Insights Takeaways – Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
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Tom Standage, Deputy Editor of The Economist and Editor for The World Ahead 2022 joins Kevin Kajiwara for a one-on-one discussion on the top stories and other key global trends and predictions for 2022. Listen to the Call The World Ahead…
Teneo Insights Takeaways – U.S. Political Trajectory for 2022
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Valerie Rainford, CEO of Elloree Talent Strategies and former Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase, where she headed the company’s Advancing Black Leaders Strategy; Jamal Simmons, policy and political analyst and author of The 4 Percent Problem, exploring why Black inclusion in leadership ranks stalls at around 4% in nearly every…
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Teneo Insights Series: Cybersecurity: At Greater Risk Now Than Ever Before
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Paul Haenle, Chairman of Teneo’s Asia Pacific Region, Director of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center in Beijing, and former Director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolian Affairs on the National Security Council staffs of Presidents Bush and Obama, and Gabriel Wildau, Teneo Senior Vice President, former Shanghai Bureau Chief for the Financial Times…
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Teneo Insights Webinar: Law Enforcement in America
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Teneo Insights Webinar: Risk Radar
Juliette Kayyem, Teneo Senior Advisor, faculty Chair of the Homeland Security and Security and Global Health Projects at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and President Obama’s former Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, and Rhea Siers, Teneo Senior Advisor and former Deputy Associate Director for Policy and Senior…
Teneo Insights Webinar: President Biden’s First 100 Days
Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Teneo Senior Advisor and former U.S. Senator from Connecticut, joins Kevin Kajiwara, Co-President of Political Risk Advisory at Teneo, to discuss President Biden's first 100 days in office. Listen to the Call …
