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Summary
Tariffs, Trade, and Turbulence brings together top experts to dissect the mounting challenges businesses face amid geopolitical disruption. From trade tensions between major economies to the resurgence of protectionist policies, the global economic landscape is shifting rapidly. This webinar offers a timely look at how companies can stay ahead of regulatory shocks, tariff changes, and the strategic realignments reshaping global supply chains.
Moderated by Alyssa Grzelak, the conversation will feature economist Thea Fourie on macroeconomic risk trends, Visible Alpha’s Melissa Otto on market expectations, and supply chain specialist Chris Rogers on how businesses are impacted by tariffs. Together, they will provide a multidimensional view of how trade policy, economic volatility, and regional instability are converging to create an increasingly complex operating environment.
Whether you’re in strategy, risk, operations, or investment, this session will deliver practical insights into how leading firms are navigating volatility—and what it takes to build resilience in the face of constant disruption. Join us for an essential briefing on the new rules of global trade.
Moderator
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Alyssa Grzelak
Director, Banking Risk
Alyssa leads a team of economists responsible for the banking sector risk ratings, analysis, and forecasts of the world's most intriguing and hard-to-monitor emerging market financial sectors. Her particular focus is on banking sector risk in the Middle East and Africa region, as well as Turkey. She has over 10 years' experience analyzing financial sector risks in emerging markets and assessing counterparty credit risks.
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Thea Fourie
Head of Sub-Saharan Africa Insights & Analysis
Thea Fourie leads the Sub-Saharan Economics and Country Risk analysis for S&P Global Market Intelligence. Her 30-year career has been devoted to macro-econometric modelling and macro-economic analysis of Sub-Saharan region, with a focus on markets including South Africa and Nigeria. She leads a team of 12 regional experts responsible for forecasting macro-economic, country and sovereign risk outlooks across the region, with her expertise including strategic research and analysis, supporting clients globally on horizon scanning, portfolio management, market entry and risk mitigation.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Chris Rogers
Head of Supply Chain Research
Chris Rogers is Head of Supply Chain Research at S&P Global Market Intelligence. He has over 25 years of research experience, including more than a decade covering global supply chains. He has worked at firms including Panjiva (acquired by S&P Global in 2018), Bloomberg, JP Morgan, and most recently freight forwarder Flexport. His coverage includes corporate decision-making, international trade policy, and logistics network operations.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Melissa Otto, CFA
Head of Visible Alpha Research
Melissa is Head of Head of Visible Alpha Research. She spent 20+ years as an equity analyst and portfolio manager. At TIAA/Nuveen, Melissa specialized in covering global technology and consumer stocks and the Pan-Asia region. She also managed one of Fidelity's equity research teams as a director of research. In addition to her equity investing career, Melissa worked directly with software engineering teams at Bloomberg, Microsoft, and MSCI building cloud-based solutions to centralize and aggregate critical investment data for investors. Melissa studied Japanese at Harvard University, received her MA in economics from Brandeis University and MS degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a CFA charterholder. She is certified in Azure Fundamentals and Agile Project Management.
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