• Fractional Chief Geopolitical Officer Services

• Geopolitical Intelligence + Strategic Analysis

• US-China Commercial Relations

• Artificial Intelligence + Technology Regulation

• Corporate Diplomacy

• US + UK Politics

• Communications Strategy + Advisory

• Ghostwriting + CEO Thought Leadership

• Executive Education

• Event Management + Curation

Geopolitics Is Your Business: What Every Executive Needs to Know Now

Your audience is operating in the most complex geopolitical environment in a generation. Trade wars, great-power competition, AI disruption, and political fracturing aren't background risks anymore — they're boardroom priorities. The question is whether your leaders have the intelligence and strategy to proactively navigate them, or whether they'll keep reacting to events everyone else saw coming.

That's where I come in.

I'm Marc A. Ross, founder of Caracal Global and a fractional Chief Geopolitical Officer for Fortune 1000 companies and private equity firms. I've spent my career at the intersection of globalization, politics, and commerce — as Communications Director for the US-China Business Council, Communications Director for the Center for AI Policy, adjunct professor at George Washington University, and strategic advisor to C-suite executives navigating the most consequential business environment of our time.

I don't deliver abstract trend analysis. I tell audiences what's moving, what it signals, and what to do about it.

Why I stand out as a speaker:

Deep operational experience: I've worked with Fortune 100 companies, leading trade associations, and national political campaigns in the US and UK — not as an observer, but as the strategist in the room.

Rare cross-domain expertise: US-China commercial relations, AI governance, NATO and European security, trade disruption, and great-power competition. I connect the dots across domains that most analysts treat in isolation.

Executive-level framing: I speak the language of the boardroom. Your audience will leave with intelligence they can act on — not academic frameworks they'll forget by Tuesday.

Engaging and direct: I combine the authority of a seasoned geostrategist with the accessibility of someone who has spent years translating complexity into clarity for C-suite leaders.

Signature Talk: Geopolitics Is Your Business

The world your board discussed five years ago no longer exists. This talk equips executive audiences with the geopolitical intelligence framework a Chief Geopolitical Officer uses—and shows them how to apply it to their industry, markets, and decisions.

Your audience will leave with:

• A clear framework for monitoring geopolitical risk before it becomes a crisis

• Actionable intelligence on the forces reshaping global commerce right now

• Strategic tools to turn geopolitical volatility into competitive advantage

• Confidence to engage their own boards, leadership teams, and stakeholders on the issues that matter

Additional Topics:

• The US-China Commercial Relationship: What Executives Can't Afford to Get Wrong

• AI Governance and the Geopolitics of Technology: What's at Stake for Business

• The Fractional CGO Model: How Smart Organizations Are Getting Ahead of Geopolitical Risk

• Communicating in a Volatile World: Executive Messaging for a Disrupted Era

My presentations resonate particularly well with:

Business conferences, leadership summits, industry conventions, corporate events, and executive education programs where the audience needs more than inspiration — they need intelligence they can use.

Where I've spoken:

Wisconsin's School of Business | Johns Hopkins University | Georgetown University | UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School | Middlebury Institute of International Studies | Utah State Huntsman School of Business | University of Chicago Booth School of Business | USC Marshall School of Business

Let's talk.

Email marc@caracal.global or call +1 202 596 5270 to discuss bringing this to your audience.

Let's get to work.

-Marc