Jonathan Ward

Jonathan Ward is a highly educated individual with a diverse academic background and extensive experience in global strategy consultancy, particularly focusing on US-China competition.

Jonathan's educational journey includes studying Oriental Studies with a specialization in China and India at the University of Oxford, as well as Corporate and Investment Valuation programs at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

He holds a Master's degree in Global and Imperial History from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with a focus on Russian Language and Literature from Columbia University.

Jonathan also pursued language studies in Chinese at Peking University, Advanced Russian at St. Petersburg State University, and Arabic and Chinese at the University of Buenos Aires.

Moreover, he engaged in programs like the Oxford Finance Lab at Saïd Business School and was an alumnus of Groton School.

Professionally, Jonathan Ward has held various significant roles such as being a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, a Keynote Speaker at Leading Authorities, Inc., and engaging with organizations like the Council on Foreign Relations and the London Speaker Bureau on global trends and emerging markets.

He is the former Founder & President of Atlas Organization, a renowned strategy consultancy, and has contributed to research projects at The Oxford Changing Character of War Programme at Pembroke College, University of Oxford.

Jonathan has also been part of prestigious programs like the Next Generation National Security Leaders Program 2018 at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and has been actively involved in initiatives such as the Young Professionals Network, Southwest and South Wales (YPN SWSW) at the Energy Institute.

His insights have been valued as a Contributor at Oxford Analytica and as an International Advisor at RosettaBooks.