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The Mission Grey Guild

Human expertise, built into the intelligence system.

The Mission Grey Guild is a curated network of domain and regional experts whose knowledge feeds analysis, structured assessments, and high‑impact decisions. It is part of the intelligence process when the question requires it, not an advisory board beside it.

30 members

Expert layer

Structured expert intelligence

What Guild expertise adds to the analysis.

Expert judgment enters at defined points in the process, in a form the system carries rather than a comment beside it.

Validation

Experts validate and challenge outputs in high‑impact situations, before a decision is taken on them.

Context

Domain and regional knowledge that data alone does not capture, read against what the platform already sees.

Expert reviews

Reviews and surveys that put structured expert judgment next to the quantitative work.

Delphi rounds

Structured rounds that gather expert judgment and feed it back into Mission Grey methods.

Expertise areas

  • Geopolitics
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Technology
  • Regulation
  • Security
  • Industry
  • Operations
  • Strategy
  • Regional and local knowledge

Guild roster

The members

A curated network, named in full.

Domains listed per member Most profiles link to LinkedIn

  • Marino Auffant

    Harvard-awarded historian and strategist

    GeopoliticsStrategy
    LinkedIn

  • Stephen J Blank

    Senior foreign policy expert and fellow

    Geopolitics
    LinkedIn

  • Mathieu Boulègue

    Transatlantic security researcher and consultant

    GeopoliticsSecurity
    LinkedIn

  • Gloria Chen

    Multidimensional geopolitical analyst with a focus on space geopolitics

    Geopolitics
    LinkedIn

  • Julia Chin 陈碧茹

    Board-level risk and compliance advisor; financial crime and RegTech specialist

    RegulationFinance
    LinkedIn

  • Rori Comiskey

    US Special Forces officer with operational intelligence expertise

    GeopoliticsSecurityOperations
    LinkedIn

  • Kelly Couto

    Latin American specialist and business consultant

    GeopoliticsFinanceOperations
    LinkedIn

  • Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy

    EU-China and Indo-Pacific specialist, academic and former European Parliament political advisor

    GeopoliticsRegulationStrategy
    LinkedIn

  • Fabio Frettoli

    International security analyst and project designer

    GeopoliticsSecurity
    LinkedIn

  • Joseph Gozoya

    PhD candidate in economics, focusing on tax data, policy, and labour markets

    FinanceRegulation
    LinkedIn

  • Justin Izzo

    Startup and venture research leader; executive advisor and former Brown professor

    StrategyFinance
    LinkedIn

  • Samantha Karlin

    Global empowerment strategist and CEO

    GeopoliticsStrategy
    LinkedIn

  • Alan Leung

    Enterprise risk and geopolitical intelligence advisor

    GeopoliticsFinanceSecurityStrategy
    LinkedIn

  • Looi Teck Kheong

    Global legal and political strategist, ASEAN specialist

    GeopoliticsRegulation
    LinkedIn

  • Ludvig Lund

    Seasoned security consultant

    Security
    LinkedIn

  • Dorota Maczuga

    East Asia expert and co-founder of Polylocal

    Geopolitics
    LinkedIn

  • Andrew Marshall

    Global media, IP and commercial strategy leader

    StrategyOperationsFinance
    LinkedIn

  • Shabab Muhaddes

    FinTech and financial risk executive

    FinanceTechnology
    LinkedIn

  • Toshihisa Nagai

    Geoeconomic risk and regulatory intelligence strategist focused on sanctions, export controls, and capital architecture across APAC and the EU

    GeopoliticsRegulationFinanceTechnology
    LinkedIn

  • Fernando Prats

    LATAM political, regulatory and public affairs advisor

    GeopoliticsRegulationStrategy
    LinkedIn

  • Rwizi Rweizooba Ainomugisha

    Freelance wargame researcher, analyst and designer

    GeopoliticsStrategyTechnology
    LinkedIn

  • Amandine Schneickert

    International strategic policy executive and lobbyist

    RegulationGeopolitics
    LinkedIn

  • Stéphane Schwander

    Independent sports business advisor; former FEI and UEFA executive

    StrategyFinance
    LinkedIn

  • Scott R. Siler

    Political risk advisor and strategy professor

    GeopoliticsRegulationStrategy
    LinkedIn

  • Diana The Hui Ling

    Senior legal, insurance, and risk management expert

    FinanceRegulation
    LinkedIn

  • Daniel Valerio

    Former EY Partner in charge of Americas Retail Risk and Audit

    FinanceOperations
    LinkedIn

  • Marc van Essen

    Professor of Strategy at emlyon; corporate governance and international business scholar

    StrategyRegulation
    LinkedIn

  • Pekka Väisänen

    Political scientist focused on French and European affairs

    GeopoliticsRegulation
    LinkedIn

  • William Vogt

    Emerging Markets Expert, with an emphasis on Sino-Lusophone (China/Portuguese-speaking) Affairs.

    TechnologyGeopolitics

  • Pekka Virkki

    Guildmaster, geopolitical author and journalist

    Geopolitics
    LinkedIn

Published by the Guild

From the Guild.

What the Guild publishes lives under Insights, with the rest of the Mission Grey analysis.

Guild Newsletter

Global signals, expert perspective, and the decision each one points at. Assembled monthly by the Mission Grey Guild.

Read the newsletter

Guild Podcast

This Week in Business Risk: expert guests on the forces reshaping global business, episode by episode.

Listen to the podcast

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