In a year defined by supply-chain realignment, emerging geopolitical blocs and sustained conflict across key regions, geopolitical risk has moved to the centre of financial decision-making. In his keynote at Exile Global 2026 in Prague, Frank Gardner, the BBC’s Security Correspondent, will explore fragmentation, shifting alliances, rising defence spending, energy security and the weaponisation of trade and technology, examining how governments are recalibrating strategy and how financiers must adapt to changing risk premiums, politicised infrastructure and more transactional diplomacy. Connecting global security dynamics directly to capital flows, project pipelines and long-term investment strategy, this address will offer senior leaders a clear framework for navigating 2026–27 and beyond.