Manu Sharma is a Contributing Editor at Fair Observer and a partner at FOI, which helps businesses and governments anticipate, understand and mitigate political and geopolitical risks. Based in India, Manu has worked in leadership roles in stakeholder research across India, South Africa and Indian Ocean Region Islands. He has held analytical and advisory roles at the World Bank in Washington, DC, and at Standard and Poor’s in London. Manu consults regularly with political leaders, legislators and senior executives and appears regularly on national news programs. Manu studied economics at Panjab University and at the University of Cambridge. He also holds an MPA from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Manu’s professional expertise includes political risk research, psephology surveys and quantitative research papers on economic issues. He has experience in econometric research and a deep interest in history.