About Mark Brolin
Mark Brolin is a Geostrategist, Advisor and Author who helps senior leaders capture Alpha by rising above the noise of public sphere discourse. He specializes in identifying the "Consensus Trap" - the phenomenon where institutional herd mentality and cognitive biases create beautifully consistent, yet dangerously flawed, market views.
At a time when geopolitical risk dominates headlines, organisations are often overwhelmed not by lack of information, but by mis-weighted information. Mark's distinctive approach combines evidence-based analysis with behavioural insight to identify where institutional and cognitive biases are distorting judgement - particularly the tendency to exaggerate downside risk and overlook structural opportunity. The result is not optimism for its own sake, but proportion. Then again, he also highlights how biases also lead some major risks to be massively underestimated, despite an at times massive potential business impact.
Mark moreover treats uncertainty not as a threat to be feared, but as a raw material for strategic advantage, thereby helping boards identify the structural opportunities that the "consensus" typically overlooks.
Background & Experience
Mark holds a degree from the Stockholm School of Economics and has worked in the Swedish Foreign Ministry, Nasdaq/OMX, and Cantor Fitzgerald. His transition to geopolitics and geoeconomics was shaped by the events of September 11, when he lost 658 colleagues. He has since worked with business leaders, policy specialists, research institutes, and think tanks across three continents.
Approach
Mark's work focuses on separating signal from noise, stress-testing assumptions, and reducing bias in decision-making. He translates geopolitical and geoeconomic developments into strategic and financial implications, helping organisations identify early signals, assess constraints and timelines, and make more proportionate risk decisions.
Politically independent and evidence-led, Mark works across sectors and perspectives, focused on incentives, trade-offs and practical outcomes.
Media & Thought Leadership
Regular contributor to international media outlets, providing analysis and commentary on geopolitical developments.
Today, Mark advises and speaks regularly with leadership teams, boards and policy stakeholders across sectors and regions, providing concise briefings that cut through complexity and focus on what truly changes decisions. His work is valued for its clarity, proportion and practical relevance - equipping organisations to navigate uncertainty with steadier judgement and long-term perspective.
He takes on a limited number of mandates to ensure depth and responsiveness.