Adel Hamaizia is the Managing Director at Highbridge Advisory, a strategic boutique advisory focused on information advantage, risk mitigation, policy development and implementation for companies and governments working in the Middle East, the Balkans, and Africa (MEBA). Adel is a research fellow at the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, and a researcher at the University of Oxford, where he previously taught Middle East Politics. He is also an associate at Global Partners Governance, and an associate fellow at the Chatham House MENA programme. Adel regularly convenes and contributes to track 1.5 and 2 meetings, and has provided commentary for several media outlets including: The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Arab News, The National, and Al Jazeera.