Dr. Pascal vander Straeten is an international expert in risk management and geoeconomics who takes a multidisciplinary approach to global financial stability. He focuses on systemic risk, geofinance, and resilience engineering, applying industrial safety models to banking systems. He is the founder and CEO of Value4Risk, a strategic consulting firm with offices in the United States and Australia. Previously, he held leadership roles in the credit and project finance sectors for major banking institutions in financial hubs such as London, New York, and Brussels. He is author of specialized books, including: HRO Strategies for Resilient Risk Management in Banking (2026);  An Overture to Geofinance: Global Finance, Geopolitics, and the Wielding of Power (2018); Tail Risk Management: Building a Resilient Financial Business in a Volatile World (2017).