Fractional Chief Geopolitical Officer services

Your board is asking questions your team can't answer.

Tariff escalation. NATO credibility. Supply chain disruption. China risk. Capital allocation uncertainty. These aren't background noise anymore — they're boardroom agenda items.

Caracal Global serves as your organization's fractional Chief Geopolitical Officer. Not a quarterly report. Not a risk dashboard. A trusted advisor embedded in your strategy, available when the environment demands it.

The Role Your Board Needs. The Model Your Organization Can Afford.

The Chief Geopolitical Officer is one of the fastest-growing C-suite roles—and the most underfilled. Most Fortune 1000 companies and PE portfolio firms recognize the need. Few are ready for a full-time hire.

Caracal Global fills that gap.

Four service tiers. Scalable engagement. One mission: keep your leadership team ahead of geopolitical risk before it becomes a boardroom crisis.

THE FOUR TIERS

ADVISORY

$8,000/month | 10 hours/month

For organizations that need geopolitical awareness without an embedded strategy.

You're operating in a volatile environment. You need intelligence that's current, curated, and relevant to your business — not a generic news digest. The Advisory tier puts a fractional CGO in your corner without the full overhead of deeper engagement.

What's Included:

• Caracal Global Daily — The daily intelligence briefing that tells your leadership team what a Chief Geopolitical Officer should be monitoring today. Tariffs. NATO. China. Elections. Capital allocation signals. Published each morning.

• One monthly intelligence briefing call (45 minutes) — Direct conversation with Marc to pressure-test strategy, answer questions, and surface insights not in the public record.

• Quarterly board-ready intelligence summary — A concise, executive-level briefing document connecting today's geopolitical environment to your organization's specific exposure. Ready to present.

• Unlimited email and text access — Your private channel to Marc for urgent questions, quick reads, and rapid-response analysis.

• Quarterly curated reading list — Books, long-form reports, and intelligence resources selected specifically for your industry and exposure profile.

Best for: Companies that need geopolitical monitoring infrastructure and a trusted advisor on standby — without yet requiring embedded strategy work.

REPRESENTATIVE

$15,000/month | 20 hours/month

For organizations where geopolitical risk is actively shaping strategy and capital allocation.

The environment is affecting your earnings guidance, your supply chain decisions, and your government relationships. You need more than awareness — you need someone embedded in your planning process.

Everything in Advisory, plus:

• Real-time geopolitical alerts — Breaking signals that materially affect your industry, delivered directly to your inbox when the news breaks, not when the next briefing is scheduled.

• Monthly strategic briefing (75 minutes, prepared and structured) — A formal intelligence session with your senior leadership team. Marc prepares a bespoke briefing tailored to your organization's current exposure, upcoming decisions, and strategic priorities. Available in-person or virtual.

• Capital allocation scenario modeling — Quarterly analysis of how geopolitical developments (tariffs, trade policy, supply chain disruption, political instability) affect your financial planning assumptions. Designed for CFOs and strategy teams building Q-over-Q guidance.

• Policy and government affairs monitoring — Ongoing tracking of legislation, regulatory developments, and political signals relevant to your sector. Weekly summary delivered to your team.

• Quarterly executive education session (75 minutes) — A structured learning session for your leadership team on a current geopolitical topic: US-China relations, NATO dynamics, AI governance, trade policy, or a subject of your choosing. Builds internal geopolitical literacy.

• Semi-annual curated reading list — Updated reading and resource recommendations as the environment evolves.

Best for: Companies with active international exposure, supply chain complexity, or government affairs functions that need geopolitical input integrated into strategy — not just monitored.

SENATOR

$25,000/month | 30 hours/month

For organizations where geopolitical risk is a C-suite and board-level concern.

Your board is asking about tariff exposure, China strategy, and NATO implications. Your leadership team needs a prepared, confident answer. This tier delivers full CGO-level integration—strategic counsel, communications support, board-ready materials, and government relations strategy.

Everything in Representative, plus:

• Monthly C-suite intelligence briefing — A formal, prepared briefing delivered to your CEO, CFO, Chief Strategy Officer, or equivalent leadership team. Includes current intelligence, scenario analysis, and strategic recommendations formatted for executive consumption.

• Quarterly board presentation — A boardroom-ready geopolitical intelligence briefing, delivered directly to your board (in-person or virtual). Connects the global environment to your organization's strategic posture, capital exposure, and risk profile.

• Ghostwriting — thought leadership and executive communications — Up to two pieces per month: op-eds, speeches, LinkedIn posts, white papers, or executive communications that position your leadership on the geopolitical issues shaping your industry. Written in your voice.

• Government relationship strategy — Mapping of key stakeholders at Commerce, USTR, State, relevant Congressional offices, and regulatory bodies affecting your sector. Strategic guidance on building and maintaining government relationships before you need them.

• One in-person meeting per month — Marc travels to your location for strategy sessions, leadership briefings, or board presentations. (Travel and expenses billed separately.)

• Communications counsel — Strategic advisory on how to communicate on geopolitically sensitive topics: tariffs, China exposure, government relationships, supply chain decisions. Includes messaging review and positioning guidance.

Best for: Fortune 1000 companies and PE portfolio firms where geopolitical risk has reached board-level visibility and leadership needs embedded CGO support — not just analysis.

PRESIDENTIAL

$35,000/month | 50 hours/month

For organizations that require fully embedded geopolitical leadership.

The environment is materially affecting your business. Your board expects answers. Your competitors are moving. You need a fractional CGO who functions as an integrated member of your leadership team — present in the room, embedded in your strategy, and available at the pace your environment demands.

Everything in Senator, plus:

• Two in-person engagements per month — Marc is in your office, your boardroom, or at your client sites. Strategy sessions, leadership team offsites, crisis briefings, and government relationship meetings. Built into your calendar. (Travel and expenses billed separately.)

• Annual strategic planning session — A full-day embedded strategy session with your senior leadership team. Marc leads a structured geopolitical scenario analysis — 12-month outlook, capital allocation implications, government affairs priorities, competitive positioning — built into your annual planning cycle.

• Crisis communications and rapid response — When geopolitical events move fast, Marc moves with them. Rapid-response messaging strategy, media positioning, internal communications guidance, and stakeholder management — available same-day.

• Full media relations management — Proactive and reactive media engagement on behalf of your organization for geopolitically sensitive issues. Includes spokesperson preparation, journalist relationships, and earned media strategy across top-tier US and international outlets.

• Continuous narrative strategy — Ongoing communications counsel ensuring your organization's external positioning on trade, supply chain, AI, and government affairs is coherent, proactive, and ahead of the news cycle.

• Priority access and response — Marc is reachable at the speed your environment demands. No queues, no delays. When the news breaks and your board needs answers by morning, Marc delivers.

Best for: Organizations where geopolitical risk is driving boardroom decisions in real time and the fractional CGO functions as a core member of the executive leadership team.

À LA CARTE SERVICES

Additional Services. Available Independently or as Complements to Your Tier.

Geopolitical Intelligence Bespoke geopolitical research, analysis, and strategic counsel on specific issues, regions, or inflection points. Designed for senior executives who need deep expertise on a defined question — not ongoing monitoring. Includes dedicated fractional CGO access, executive and board presentations, team workshops, and annual predictions reports.

From $8,000/month

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5-Step Communications Audit™ A structured diagnostic for senior executives who need a clear-eyed assessment of their communications posture. Led personally by Marc, the Caracal 5-Step Communications Audit™ reviews your existing assets, identifies gaps, and presents a 12-36 month path forward — using the proprietary E-STOCK Framework™. Ideal before a major strategic shift, leadership transition, or market repositioning.

From $8,000

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Corporate Diplomacy For organizations navigating complex government relationships, regulatory environments, and multi-jurisdictional stakeholder management. Caracal provides strategic counsel on building and maintaining relationships with governments, multilateral institutions, and policy communities that affect your business. Available as a standalone engagement or integrated into Senator and Presidential tiers.

From $8,000

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Executive Communications + Media Relations Full-service executive communications and media engagement — from ghostwriting speeches and op-eds to serving as primary media liaison with top-tier global outlets across the US, UK, Europe, and Asia. Caracal has managed media relationships with Bloomberg, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, the New York Times, and 30+ global outlets. Available standalone or layered onto any tier.

From $8,000/month + expenses

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