Languages:
- English
Regional expertise:
- North America
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- South America
Education:
- MSc in Global Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science
- BA in International Relations, University of British Columbia
Brett has worked in business intelligence since 2018 across the US, UK, and Canada, leading hundreds of complex investigations in more than 35 countries.
Brett is dedicated to helping clients identify the kinds of risks and opportunities necessary to make key commercial decisions. He has a particular focus in the energy, extractives, and land use sectors, spanning traditional and renewable energy generation, metals and mining, and oil and gas.Â
Brett specialises in helping clients navigate complex political landscapes, including nuanced stakeholder mapping and understanding emerging regulatory conditions. He also frequently engages in projects guiding clients through the risk of corruption, fraud, and reputational fallout, as well providing investigatory support to litigation disputes and arbitration matters.
Before joining Risk Advisory, Brett spent several years at a global business investigations and supply chain mapping firm. Prior to his career in business intelligence, Brett worked as a legislative assistant to a Canadian Member of Parliament and has a sharp understanding of political processes and policy formulation and implementation.
Project highlights
- Advised a global mining major on the above-ground risks and opportunities in several jurisdictions in the western United States and Canada. Mapped over a dozen key indicators, and prepared a tiered list of preferred locations for the company’s executive committee.
- Helped the project development lead of a globally-operating carbon credit developer examine an implementing partner in Mexico. Worked to understand the risk posed by possible ties to organized crime, the company and local communities’ ESG profile, and in-community project support.
- Assessed the anti-bribery and money laundering legislative and enforcement landscape of Guyana for a large-scale national oil company. Helped the VP of risk and outside counsel determine where the company needed to bolster internal processes to mitigate externally-presented risks of bribery and poor financial monitoring regulation.
- Worked with outside counsel to identify connections between several US government employees in the course of an anti-fraud investigation. Identified documented ties supporting allegations the individuals had conspired to defraud the relevant US government agency.