Jimena Blanco

Jimena is Verisk Maplecroft’s Chief Analyst and leads the Americas Global Risk Insights team, with experts based in Argentina, Mexico, the US and UK. She frequently provides advice to multinational companies and multilateral institutions on political risk in Latin America. Jimena has undertaken numerous field projects, including Human Rights Impact Assessments for clients across the region. Jimena participates in diplomatic, academic and business forums, addressing issues of regional and country-specific concern. She is an experienced public speaker and is often invited to deliver analysis to some of the world’s largest industry shows and conferences. Jimena also makes regular contributions to the British and foreign media. Prior to working for Verisk Maplecroft, Jimena edited several publications at Latin News and wrote extensively on Latin America. She was also a contributor to the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ special dossier, The Farc Files: Ecuador, Venezuela and the Secret Archive of ‘Raúl Reyes’. Jimena studied History and Political Science at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and obtained a master’s degree in Latin American Studies from the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London.