Valona and Mark Brolin enter partnership for geopolitical advisory
The new partnership is set to empower organizations to navigate global geopolitics and equip top management with the tools they need to thrive in an uncertain world.
Helsinki, August 28th, 2024
Valona Intelligence, a premier global provider of market and competitor intelligence solutions, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Mark Brolin, a renowned Geopolitical Strategist, Economist, and author. This collaboration aims to combine and leverage Valona’s cutting-edge AI capabilities and Brolin’s unique geopolitical perspectives to equip business leaders with unparalleled insights when navigating today’s complex global landscape.
Valona empowers business leaders to understand their market environment, risks, and opportunities, equipping them with foresight and a global outlook. Integrating this data and foresight analysis with Mark Brolin’s deep geopolitical and geoeconomic know-how, the new partnership offers exclusive advice for companies to succeed in the rapidly changing global landscape.
“We are thrilled to collaborate with Mark Brolin, whose approach and expertise beautifully complement our mission to make business decisions insights-driven.”
Kimmo havu, Ceo at valona intelligence
“We are thrilled to collaborate with Mark Brolin, whose approach and expertise beautifully complement our mission to make business decisions insights-driven,” says Valona’s CEO, Kimmo Havu. “This partnership integrates foresight and experience, providing business leaders with a new type of critical geopolitical expertise that allows them to convert challenges into opportunities and consolidate their market position in an increasingly complex global landscape.”
Brolin is known for cutting through politicized or, in other ways, biased “noise” to deliver straightforward, factual analyses. Unlike many in the field who focus on risks and downsides, Brolin emphasizes the upsides and opportunities, arguing for a balanced view that considers long-term positive trends alongside short-term challenges.
“Partnering with Valona Intelligence seems like the most natural thing in the world. A company with a global presence that has yet managed to remain personal – a winning formula in today’s interconnected yet often too ‘faceless’ world,” says Brolin. “By blending strategic foresight with practical intelligence, we are perfectly positioned to provide clients with a clearer picture of global trends, risks, and under-discussed opportunities.”
Learn more about the new geopolitical consulting partnership
Media contact:
Kati Tammisto
CMO, Valona
kati.tammisto@valonaintelligence.com
+358 40 775 7162
About Mark Brolin:
Mark Brolin is a distinguished London-based Swedish-British geopolitical and geoeconomic strategist and economist, known for his insightful analysis and commentary on global affairs. He holds a degree from the Stockholm School of Economics and has a rich professional background, including roles in the Swedish Foreign Ministry, Nasdaq, and Cantor Fitzgerald. His shift from corporate development to geopolitics and geoeconomics was profoundly influenced by the tragic events of September 11, where he lost 650 colleagues.
In his latest book, Healing Broken Democracies: All You Need to Know About Populism, Mark details why he is convinced that the transition period playing out in real time – like all transition periods characterized by lots of tribal anger, posturing, and intellectual confusion – will end up on a much more positive note than reflected by today’s doom-and-gloom sentiment. The book was produced in cooperation with international thought leaders Jonathan Haidt, Luigi Zingales, David Goodhart, Eric Kaufmann, Matthew Goodwin , and Daron Acemoglu.
Mark regularly contributes expert commentary in media outlets across the globe.
Discover more at markbrolin.com
About Valona
Valona Intelligence, the premier AI-powered market and competitive intelligence solution provider acknowledged by Forrester and Gartner, blends generative AI with expert analysis to deliver crucial, relevant insights for large enterprises and manufacturers.
Valona empowers business leaders to understand their market environment, risks, and opportunities, delivering hyper-relevant, real-time global insights and equipping them with foresight and a global outlook. Supported by an industry expert analytical team, the Valona AI-powered platform helps businesses meet growth targets, venture into new markets, enhance product development, anticipate supply chain disruptions, manage market threats, and outpace competition.
Valona maintains a proprietary database of over 200,000 unique, industry-specific global business data sources. The information is harvested to generate valuable insights for over 350,000 daily users, translating data from over 120 languages into English.
By monitoring the global business environment 24/7, Valona has served Fortune 500 companies like Goodyear, HSBC, Bosch, Philips, and Cintas since 1999, providing strategic foresight to shape their future.
Discover more at www.valonaintelligence.com
