Intelligence Analyst

Hello, I'm Sanette...

I am a geopolitical analyst based in Dallas, Texas, with over seven years of experience supporting corporate risk, security, and strategic decision-making through rigorous geopolitical intelligence and analysis.

Core experience and expertise include:

• Intelligence collection, strategic research, analysis, and dissemination across complex geopolitical environments, with a primary regional focus on AMER and EMEA

• Production of a wide range of intelligence deliverables, including strategic research reports, daily intelligence briefs, monthly risk reports, travel, location, and country risk assessments, executive protection intelligence, POI investigations, and time-sensitive intelligence memos and snapshots

• Extensive use of datasets, specialized intelligence platforms, and advanced analytical methodologies to identify, assess, and communicate threats and risks to personnel, assets, and operations (5+ years)

• Subject-matter expertise in protests and demonstrations, political violence, extremist and dangerous organizations (including anarchist, anti-authoritarian, white supremacist, and neo-Nazi groups), and critical infrastructure disruptions such as load shedding and planned power outages

Education and credentials:

• Master of Arts in International Relations, with a concentration in US foreign and national security policy

• Fluent in Afrikaans; intermediate reading comprehension in Dutch; basic proficiency in Arabic; beginner-level German

• US citizen with the ability to successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation

Additional background:

• Early career experience in advertising, publishing, writing, and editing, contributing to strong written communication skills and the ability to translate complex intelligence into clear, actionable insights for senior stakeholders