Dr. Pippa Malmgren
Economist, Speaker,
Leadership Advisor, Bestselling Author
Former Presidential Advisor, World-Renowned Keynote Speaker on Geopolitics + Tech, and Bestselling Author
Winner: Business Book of the Year
Winner: International Press Awards
The future can happen to you,
or it can be designed by you.
Dr. Pippa is a prism, shining a positive light on a colorful, abundant future that we now have the power to craft. She’s the uplifting counterpoint to the usual gray doom-gloom economic consensus. She’s served Presidents and Prime Ministers in official roles and advised CEOs, C-Suites, and tech ventures across the globe for four decades.
Having run strategy for global investment banks and advised cutting-edge tech firms, she sees the horizon sooner—and with more clarity—than most. As an award-winning, best-selling author, she is a vital source of rational optimism, helping leaders navigate the world economy with confidence.
The Geopolitica Institute, which she founded, helps visionaries in their quest to bring the future forward faster. She’s an award-winning, best-selling author and a thoughtful source of rational optimism about the world economy and how to manage it. A faculty member of YPO & CEO and a cultivator of novel concepts from shrinkflation to heartware to techplexity.
CLARITY IN COMPLEXITY
That requires what she does best – finding clarity amidst complexity, treating chaos as a catalyst, and connecting the dots across geopolitics, technology, markets, and strategic security. That’s her nexus and your sweet spot: artfully navigating the ever-fluid world economy, teaching how to surf the endless waves of change while skillfully managing the crosscurrents.
If you want punchy, timely, actionable insights delivered with captivating visuals, get in touch.
A COMPASS FOR WHAT'S AHEAD.
Leaders do not need more information.
They need better context.
Global banks and corporations work with Dr. Malmgren to help develop their rising stars and C-suite leaders, equipping them with world-class situational awareness in an era of rapidly changing geopolitics and technology.
Her approach provides clarity, direction, and confidence in times of uncertainty.
On the road,
So you don’t
have to be
Economics. Technology. Politics. Energy. Security.
These forces do not operate independently.
Dr. Pippa’s work is rooted in systems thinking, helping leaders understand change holistically.
She says, "preparedness beats prediction" and "preparation ensures resilience.”
Dr. Pippa is an economist who makes sense of the world economy and geopolitics by writing books, by founding tech businesses, by advising policymakers around the worldand through public speaking and teaching. Her speciality is understanding the nexus between geopolitics, tech innovation, strategic security and markets. She is a Strategic Advisor to C10 Labs, the MIT Media Lab based AI Venture Builder Studio. She is also on the Board of Premios Verdes which holds the annual “Green Oscars” to support the best cleantech start-ups in emerging markets. She is on the YPO Learning Advisory Partners Faculty from 2023 through 2026. She is on the Advisory Board at Kragon Space, a satellite firm, and a Founder member of LUNARC, a project to ensure the first human institution on the moon represents the arts and humanities. She has also served on the Judging Panel of The King’s Awards for Enterprise since 2017 and is a Senior Associate Fellow of RUSI, the world’s leading defense think tank. She launched an award-winning robotics firm in 2014 and remains an advisor to several startups in cutting-edge tech, including space, nuclear fusion, batteries, and lunar logistics. She writes a column about the world economy and geopolitics on Substack
ABOUT DR. PIPPA MALMGREN
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She served President George W. Bush in the White House as Special Assistant to the President and on The National Economic Council. She served on the President’s Working Group on Corporate Governance and The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets. After 9/11 she was also assessed Terrorism Risks to the Economy and Pentagon procurement from tech startups. Before joining the White House, she ran the Bankers TrustAsset Management business in Asia and then served as the Global Chief Currency Strategist. She was then named the Deputy Head of Global Strategy at UBS. More recently she advised the British Cabinet on trade issues as a Board Member for The Department for International Trade from 2017-2019. In 2014, she co-founded a robotics firm that made industrial drones, which won the 2020 Cog X Award for Autonomy, the 2020 National Technology Award, and Power Product of the Year 2020. She was a Senior Advisor to The Monaco Foundry, a European start-up incubator for impact-led founders from 2020-2024. She previously served on the Advisory Boards of the Legatum Center at MIT, The Ditchley Foundation, and Indiana University.
Her most recent bestseller, The Infinite Leader, won the International Press Award for the Best Book on Leadership for 2021. Her book, The Leadership Lab, was named Business Book of the Year and Best Book on Leadership in 2019 and won the International Press Award 2020. She is also the author of: Geopolitics for Investors (2015) and Signals: How Everyday Signs Help Us Navigate the World’s Turbulent Economy (2016/7). She has beennamed one of the Fifty Top Inspiring Women in the UK and one of the Top 100 in Tech by @WATC_WeAreTech. In 2024 she was awarded the Mission College Women in Leadership Prize.
She has a BA from Mount Vernon College and an M.Sc. and PhD from LSE. She completed the Harvard Program on National Security. She gave the graduation address at the London School of Economics in 2013 and 2016.
BOOKS & IDEAS
Ideas that inform. Insights that shape the future.
A selection of Dr. Pippa Malmgren’s work exploring global systems, economic signals, leadership, and the forces shaping what comes next.
Hot Topics
ADvising Tech Ventures
Dr. Pippa helps tech ventures tell their story better. She helps them frame their work in the context of global geopolitics and policy trends through her firm Geopolitica Institute.
Thinking Expeditions
Dr. Pippa Malmgren brings together leaders, policymakers, and innovators for invitation-only experiences designed around meaningful conversations and shared perspectives. These gatherings combine big-picture discussions with immersive experiences that create space to think differently, build friendships, and explore new ideas.
Our upcoming expedition offers an immersive journey through Iceland, the legendary land of ice, fire, and a pivot point in modern geopolitics. Together, we will discover why this high-latitude crossroads has become a critical launch pad for the modern space race, and gain direct insight into how Arctic leaders are navigating the presence of jockeying superpowers in the High North.
Because the future isn't what happens to us. It is something this Thinking Expedition community has the power to craft.
