Adel Hamaizia is the Managing Director at Highbridge Advisory, a strategic boutique advisory focused on information advantage, risk mitigation, policy development and implementation for companies and governments working in the Middle East, the Balkans, and Africa (MEBA).

Adel is currently a research fellow at the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School.

He is also an associate at Global Partners Governance, and an associate fellow at the Chatham House MENA programme.

Adel has consulted for several governments, foundations, and private sector organizations with a focus on political risk, due diligence, corporate investigations, public diplomacy, and economic development.

He regularly convenes and contributes to track 1.5 and 2 meetings, and is engaged in a range of volunteering activities related to employability skills training for students across the Middle East and North Africa.

Adel has provided commentary for several media outlets including: The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Arab News, The National, and Al Jazeera.