Albert O. Hirschman Cohort
Meet the Albert O. Hirschman Cohort 2025
Selected Participants of the Helsinki Geoeconomics Global Career Days
The Albert O. Hirschman Cohort represents the most promising emerging talent in the field of geoeconomics. Selected through a highly competitive process, these individuals—drawn from across the domains of economics, law, strategy, technology, and public policy—have demonstrated outstanding merit, intellectual curiosity, and a commitment to advancing the geoeconomic frontier.
As members of the Cohort, they will join a structured talent acceleration program as part of the Helsinki Geoeconomics Global Career Days 2025, gaining privileged access to strategic employers, policy innovators, and academic thought leaders. Their journey begins here—at the crossroads of power, capital, and global change.
We are proud to introduce the 2025 Albert O. Hirschman Cohort.
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Albert O. Hirschman Cohort
Nitin Arya
Universität Rostock
Rafal Baranowski
University of Geneva
Matteo Baratta
Aurelius Cotta, Frankfurt
Abe de Ruijter
European Parliament, Brussels
Michael Dekhtyar
McCourt Global, New York
Roxana Ehlke
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
Konstantin Ehrhardt
FGS Global, Berlin
Kaan Gumrah
CEPS, Brussels
Saori Katada
Senior Adviser - Helsinki Geoeconomics Week
Henry Gao
Senior Adviser - Helsinki Geoeconomics Week
William J. Norris
Senior Adviser - Helsinki Geoeconomics Week
David Marten Guthoff
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Hamburg
Talha Haroon
University of Nottingham
Marko Ikävalko
Labore, Helsinki
Marius Kretzschmar
Mercator Fellow on International Affairs, Berlin
Zachary Krivine
Moody’s, New York
Beer (Berend) Kwak
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, The Hague
Romain Le Dily
The World Bank Group, Washington, D.C.
Rafael Lobato
Toledo Marchetti Advogados, São Paulo
Sergio Lopez Caro
KU Leuven
Manuel Luraghi
ZPC srl, Milano
Bálint Medgyes
Hungarian Competition Authority, Budapest
Gunes Menghwar
University of Chicago
Santeri Mikkola
China Office of Finnish Industries, Helsinki
Danylo Moiseienko
Forum Energii, Kyiv
César Navarro
Dassault Systèmes
Trinh Nguyen
George Mason University, Arlington, VA
Sebastian Pabon Villazon
Universidad de La Salle, Bogotá
Manasi Pendharkar
Sciences Po, Paris
Rai Rocca
Edison Electric Institute, Washington, D.C.
Elias Rutten
Leiden University
Amjad Ali Sargani
University of Karachi
Ipshita Sharma
Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, Geneva
Simon Stocker
Avenir Suisse, Zurich
Adrian Stoica
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
Kevin Thow
Australian National University, Canberra
Guntars Upis
PwC Nederland, Amsterdam
Jokin Urcelay
Galeon Partners, Bilbao
Milan Uterwijk
Freshfields, Amsterdam
Raul Villegas
European Policy Centre, Brussels
Harry Wardana
University of Adelaide
Miller Wells
Galeon Partners, Bilbao
George Williams
International Economic Development Council, Cleveland, OH
Amir Zouaoui
Rice University, Houston, TX
