Nicolas is a corporate geoeconomics and strategic & business intelligence expert with 25 years of experience in the Asia-Pacific, and more recently in the Gulf and Türkiye. A Managing Partner at Alagan Partners, he advises corporate executives on how to navigate the current geopolitical and geoeconomic environment, mitigate risk and develop prospective scenarios. He is also an Adjunct Professor & Guest Lecturer in geopolitics, geoeconomics and business intelligence at ESCP Business School (France), Galatasaray University (Türkiye), University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (Morocco), and Ecole de Guerre Economique (Paris School of Economic Warfare).
In an article on "Southeast Asia’s new PPP race", by Alicia Buller for Partnerships Bulletin, I contributed comments on the…
In my latest opinion piece for AGBI - Arabian Gulf Business Insight, I am proposing a treasurer’s survival guide to…
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sarwar Kashmeri on his podcast Polaris Live to answer this and other…
Thank you to Valentina Pasquali for inviting me to comment for AGBI - Arabian Gulf Business Insight on the pressure…
I shared comments with Deepthi Nair for The National News on Indian jewellery makers turning to the GCC markets to…
I was quoted by Deepthi Nair in an article for The National News on the EU removing the UAE from…
As the 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro is just ending, I shared comments with Valentina Pasquali for AGBI…
Many thanks to Dr. John Bruni of SAGE International for his kind invitation to speak in "Trade Under Siege", the…
I was invited by Deepthi Nair for The National News to share comments on the impacts of a weaker US…
I shared comments with Deepthi Nair for The National News on Israel's latest strikes on Iran's energy infrastructures, what could…