Mona Sutphen

Partner, Macro Advisory Partners, and Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff of Policy (2009-2011)

Mona is a Partner at Macro Advisory Partners. She joined the firm from UBS AG, where she was Managing Director based in its New York offices. At UBS, she covered geopolitical risk and macro policy trends. From 2009 to 2011, Mona served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy under President Barack Obama. She was a US Foreign Service Officer from 1991-2000, serving on the National Security Council at the White House, as part of the US Mission to the United Nations; in the Office of the High Representative in Sarajevo, for the State Department; and at the US Embassy in Bangkok. From 2001 to 2008, Mona was Managing Director at Stonebridge International, a Washington-based global strategy consulting firm that advises multinational corporations and financial institutions. Mona holds a BA from Mount Holyoke College and an MSc from the London School of Economics.

Discussion

Geopolitics: Inevitable Disruption

As the US takes center stage as the top global oil and gas producer, it is leading to fundamental geopolitical and macroeconomic changes as well. What will this mean for global trade flows, other major producing countries, the balance of power in the Middle East, the future of OPEC and the role of China as the biggest global importer?

We will discuss how these developments will disrupt the structure of energy markets and traditional relationships between and among buyers and sellers, as well as investment implications and sustainability of producing countries outside of Saudi Arabia and US/Canada?