alissa kole amico

Alissa Kole Amico is an internationally recognised expert in governance, finance, and public policy in emerging markets. She is the Founder and Managing Director of a think-tank and advisory firm GOVERN Center. Under her leadership, GOVERN has flourished to be a recognised thought leader and advisor to governments, investors and corporate clients. Prior to founding GOVERN, Alissa founded and managed a regional Middle East and North Africa governance initiative at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. During her decade-long career at the OECD, she has advised Ministers, heads of stock exchanges, capital market regulators, and central banks. In recent years, she has been working with governments and executives on governance and strategy priorities, including leading large-scale projects such as the privatisation of the healthcare sector in Saudi Arabia, supporting the G20 governance policy agenda and advising countries on their international performance and rankings. Alissa is a prolific author, with books and articles appearing in the Financial Times, the Harvard Business Review, the Forbes Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the Project Syndicate, the Washington Post, Bloomberg and other sources. She is a sought-after commentator and speaker, having intervened in various international policy forums (Davos, UN, OECD, Aspen) as well as a speaker at TED conference in London. She is the recipient of several awards, including Corporate Governance Rising Star by the Columbia University. Alissa has had a number of academic affiliations and is currently serving as a Fellow at the London School of Economics. She speaks four languages (English, Russian, French, and Italian) and has an elementary knowledge of Arabic.