Daniel Wagner
CEO
Mr. Wagner writes articles on political risk for IRMI.com.
He is the CEO of Country Risk Solutions, managing director of Multilateral Accountability Associates, and has more than 3 decades of experience assessing and managing cross-border risk. He is an authority on political risk insurance and analysis and has worked for some of the world's most respected and best-known organizations, including AIG, GE, the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and World Bank Group. He was adaptation finance lead and technical advisor on private capital mobilization for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP28 Secretariat in Abu Dhabi. Prior to that, he was senior investment officer for guarantees and syndications at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing.
He has published 14 books: The AI Insurgency, Confessions of a Globetrotter, The New Multilateralism, Tales from Inside, Decision-Making in the Polycrisis Era, The Chinese Epiphany, The Chinese Vortex, The America-China Divide, China Vision, AI Supremacy, Virtual Terror, Global Risk Agility and Decision-Making, Managing Country Risk, and Political Risk Insurance Guide, as well as more than 1,000 articles on current affairs and risk management. Mr. Wagner is a regular contributor to such publications as the South China Morning Post, Sunday Guardian, Diplomatic Courier, and Fair Observer, among many others. For a full listing of his publications and media interviews see www.countryrisksolutions.com.
Mr. Wagner holds a master of arts degree in international relations from the University of Chicago and a master in management degree in international management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He also has a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Richmond University in London.
