Our highly experienced international network of trusted advisors helps you navigate current and emerging geopolitical challenges and protect your business value and reputation in turbulent times. Our advise is practical, discrete, no nonsense and focused on opportunities.
Our Services
To support international businesses and organisations with current or potential new activities we offer
People
Alex Krijger is historian. He is founder and managing partner of Krijger & Partners, a consultancy firm specialized in government relations and geopolitical risk. He is a former vice-chair of the Atlantic Committee in the Netherlands and has worked at Royal Dutch Shell, the NL Ministry of Defence and the NL Christian-democratic party CDA.
He is also an author, having published several books on political, military and historical subjects. Currently he is working on a new book, ‘Opportunities in a Shifting World Order’ due to be published in 2026. Alex is also lecturer Geo-economics at the University Leiden, Faculty Governance and Global Affairs.
He gives weekly presentations – open and closed sessions – at companies about geopolitical trends and developments and the importance of scenario planning. He also regularly appears in the media as a geopolitical analyst (TV, radio, newspapers and podcasts).
Partners
Krijger & Partners is a network-organisation. Alex Krijger works together with a diverse group of trusted, local, senior and experienced professionals around the world. The partners – with different cultural and other backgrounds – have experience and expertise at very senior level in business, government and society. As a team we have the knowledge, networks and methodologies to manage political-business risks and issues in a discrete way. We respect cultural differences and are dedicated to make a positive impact.
Our clients are Dutch and international companies and organisations (mostly US and European). We have carried out projects, assignments for e.g:
AkzoNobel, Ambiance, Atlantische Commissie, Booking, BCG, BrauwBlackstoneWestbroek, Cardano, COFRA, DAA, DEEN, ERT, EY, FME, Focusplaza, Fugro, ISPT, JP Morgan, MVRDV, NL Hydrogen, NL Ministry for Defence, NL Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Transformation Forums, U.S. Department of State, Van Oord, VTTI, VVVF, VNO-NCW, Vulcain.
Krijger & Partners is a one-man business with one employee (Alex Krijger). Alex works with a wide range of trusted partners around the globe on various projects. We don’t conduct lobby-activities, the focus is supporting business managing their geopolitical risk (by preparing scenario’s).
Board of Trustees
Rein Willems (Chair): former President Director Shell Netherlands; former Senator Dutch parliament
Kathleen Ferrier: Chair Netherlands UNESCO Commission, Professor Human Rights in Bangladesh, Co-Founder Bright Hong Kong
Michel de Jong: Head of Global Security COFRA Holding AG; Member CSO Board of Directors at ASIS International
Marnix Leijten: Managing Partner/Arbitration & Disputes Lawyer at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Gilberto Morishaw: Speaker, Student at Leiden University, Global Shaper, John Lewis Fellow
Marhijn Visser: Deputy Director International Affairs, VNO-NCW – MKB-Nederland
Stijn Vos: Managing Director ESDEC
Tino Wallaart: Co-Founder Wallaart & Kusse
Bilal Sahin: Coördinator Vadercentrum Adam
Niels Tollenaar: Pilot at Air France KLM
Jaap Jonkers: Manager at Divosa
``Krijger & Partners prepares leaders to incorporate political risk scenarios into business strategies``
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Managing 21st-century political risk. Today’s threats are more complicated but the remedies don’t have to be – Condoleezza Rice – Harvard Business Review