Meredith Wilson is the Founder and CEO of Emergent Risk International, LLC a global risk advisory service based in Newport, RI. Ms. Wilson started her career at the US Defense Intelligence Agency shortly after 9/11 where she was hired to assist in filling critical language gaps in the US intelligence community. In 2007 she moved to the private sector and built the first strategic intelligence functions at ConocoPhillips and Kosmos Energy. In 2014 Ms. Wilson started Emergent Risk International to help companies build comprehensive risk management mechanisms through applying strategic intelligence to business decisions. Since that time the company has grown to more than 100 employees across the globe serving hundreds of major global corporations including five of the US Fortune 10 companies. Ms.Wilson lives near Boston, MA with her family.