Australian-born and European by adoption, Frances Cowell believes Europe must urgently assume the global lead in protecting and preserving liberal democracy, the rule of law and the multi-lateral institutions and alliances that it depends on.
She reads and researches current and past issues in foreign affairs and geopolitics and is currently sitting in on a Master’s degree course of lectures at the University of Paris 2 Sorbonne-Assas. She is also a member of and occasional contributor to the Pacific Institute in Paris – http://institut-du-pacifique.org/ and works as volunteer Finance Director, submitting occasional articles and editing third party contributions to The European Network https://theeuropeannetwork.eu/.
Following a long career in capital markets, managing large, occupational pension fund portfolios and as head of investment risk for a major British insurer and asset manager, Frances writes and speaks at conferences about investment risk and governance, financial market stability and business ethics in financial markets – and their implications for economies and politics.
She lives in Paris, speaks French more or less fluently, basic Spanish, even more basic Italian, a haze of Indonesian and can distinguish German from Dutch. She dances Argentine tango, likes all animals, especially cats, but doesn’t have any of her own.
