John McCarthy
John is Minerva’s Head of Research with a background as a professional Conflict and Political Risk Advisor. John has worked in this capacity in both the private and public sectors, including for ExxonMobil and the UK Stabilisation Unit. He also spent time as a foreign correspondent writing for the Economist and the Guardian amongst others. John is a visiting academic at Linacre College, Oxford University and speaks Persian, Russian, French and German. John has worked widely across central and southern Asia as well as Uganda, Mexico, Nigeria and Russia