Judith Jacob leads Forward Risk’s geopolitical risk and security intelligence practice. She has over a decade of experience helping clients successfully enter and operate safely in complex environments. Judith has worked closely with companies in the extractives, insurance, finance, aerospace, and technology sectors to anticipate and respond to geopolitical events and mitigate threats to their personnel, assets, and reputations. She has also served as a consultant and trainer for international security organisations such as Interpol and gives expert advice to governments. Judith frequently provides commentary about geopolitical developments to major international news outlets and represents Forward Risks at conferences.

Judith has lived and worked in the UK, Singapore, and Indonesia, and led in-country projects in Cambodia and the Philippines. She began her career as a global terrorism analyst before focusing on geopolitical intelligence. Prior to joining Forward Risk, she led the geopolitical intelligence team of another security intelligence provider. Judith holds PhD from the London School of Economics, where she specialised in the development of militant Islamism ideology in Indonesia.