I am a former Presidential advisor (the only woman on the National Economic Council) and a public speaker who co-founded H Robotics, which makes commercial-use drones for mining, oil and gas, insurance and public safety. I also founded the DRPM Group, which advises institutional investors worldwide on technology-driven investment trends and is a platform for my public speaking. I am a NED of the DIT. I also participate in the British Ministry of Defence Working Group on Global Strategic Trends and Pentagon scenario sessions.
I was the Chief Currency Strategist for Bankers Trust and the Deputy Head of Global Strategy at UBS. I was named a GLT at Davos 2000/2001. I have written for The International Economy and Monocle and lectured at Sandhurst, LSE, Kings College, The University of Texas Austin, Duke Fuqua and INSEAD. I gave the commencement address at the London School of Economics in 2013 and 2016.
I Chair the Lewis PR Advisory Board (LAB) and am a Senior Fellow at RUSI. I serve on the Drone/UAV Committee of The British Standards Institute, Real Vision TV, and am a member of the British Science Association’s 2018 Huxley Summit Board and Indiana University’s School of Public Policy and Environmental Affairs. I was a judge on The Queen’s Enterprise Business Awards in 2018. I won the Intelligence Squared Debate on Robotics in 2015.
I’m a regular guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, BBC including The Today Program, Newsnight & Hard Talk. I crowdfunded my bestselling book Signals. I wrote Geopolitics for Investors and The Leadership LAB: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century (October 201).
Ranked in 2018:
25th Most Influential Economists in the World
9th Most Influential in Geopolitics
3rd most important Influencer on Robotics on Twitter
18th Top 100 Women in Blockchain
5th Most Powerful Women in Finance