Nicholas Fitzroy

Nicholas is Director of Risk Briefing and Middle East analyst at The EIU. He covers a range of countries in the Middle East, producing quantitative and qualitative analysis on economic and political developments, as well as credit risk reports. Nicholas has also worked on specific customised projects focused on investment and security issues in the Gulf.

Nicholas previously worked as an analyst for the London-based think tank, The Next Century Foundation, particularly addressing issues surrounding conflict resolution, geopolitics and economic development across the Middle East and North Africa.

Nicholas holds a Master's degree in International Relations from Bristol University, where he specialised in political economy, nationalism and ways of forecasting ethnic conflict. He also holds a diploma in Economics from Birkbeck College, London.