Helping leaders navigate geopolitics and economic, technology and national security policy to make better strategic decisions.
Our team of advisors covers every corner of global policy, turning constant change into opportunity.
We give clients a global competitive strategic advantage
As geopolitical dynamics reshape the global operating environment, CEOs and Boards must navigate rising regulatory complexity, economic nationalism, technological competition, and security risks. We are uniquely positioned to translate global developments into strategies that deliver meaningful, measurable outcomes.
Unparalleled expertise and active global networks
We create opportunities for our clients by providing unparalleled expertise on the external factors and relationships that affect businesses – from geopolitical trends and risks to economic and trade developments, to an evolving technological landscape, to changes in Washington and in other capitals around the world. With advisors covering defense, technology, intelligence, cybersecurity, trade, international economics, strategic communications, and more, WestExec delivers perspectives that cut across sectors and regions.
Our advisors maintain ongoing relationships across government, industry, academia, and the international community. These active networks give clients visibility into geopolitical developments, stakeholder perspectives, and potential inflection points before they materialize.
Our offerings
Geopolitical & Economic Risk Advisory and Executive Counsel
Executive Scenario Planning and Tabletop Exercises
Global Market Entry and International Strategy
Due Diligence and Transaction Advisory
Strengthening Risk Management Processes
Policy Thought Leadership and Convening
Government Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement
Crisis Response Advisory and Executive Preparation
Public Sector, Commercial, and International Growth Strategy for Emerging Technology Companies
What we do
WestExec Advisors brings the Situation Room to the Board Room.
Whether it is red teaming a business strategy or decision, using scenario development and table-top exercises to test ideas or enhance preparedness for a future contingency, or bringing the full power of our network to bear in helping clients navigate rapidly emerging challenges and opportunities, WestExec Advisors provides market-leading strategic advice to ensure our clients are positioned to make the best business decisions.
We start with our clients’ particular challenges or concerns and tailor innovative strategies and solutions to help them succeed.
There is no such thing as a generic WestExec engagement. Each is designed to best serve the unique needs of individual clients. As we work with our clients over time, our ability to add value only grows.
“At a time of historic levels of turmoil and uncertainty around the world, WestExec Advisors is a smart insurance policy for our clients, giving them higher confidence in their business decisions and in their ability to anticipate and prepare for the future.”
Michèle Flournoy
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Our partnership with Teneo
WestExec Advisors is the geopolitical and policy arm of Teneo, the CEO Advisory Firm. We partner with Teneo to deliver a market-leading, fully integrated approach that fuses national security, economic, policy and geopolitical expertise with world-class CEO advisory, strategic communications, investor relations, and transaction support—enabling clients to decisively navigate complex political, regulatory, and reputational challenges and convert risk into strategic advantage.
WestExec Advisors is derived from “West Executive Avenue,”
The closed street that runs between the West Wing of the White House and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. It is, quite literally, the road to the Situation Room, and it is the road everyone associated with WestExec Advisors has crossed many times en route to meetings of the highest national security consequence. For us, “WestExec” conveys our shared commitment to our country, to each other, and to our clients.
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