Catherine Fieschi is a leading European politics expert. She is a fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence and author of Populocracy.

Having successfully led UK think tank Demos from 2004 - 2008, in 2011 Catherine founded Counterpoint with the aim of providing businesses, governments and NGOs with strategic insights on how to manage new forms of social and political risk and their effects on global politics and markets. A longstanding adviser to French political leaders and campaigns, she also advises business and political decision-makers around the world and is a senior member the Singapore Government’s Centre for Strategic Futures.