Strategic Research & Emerging Risk Consulting
Helping You Grow Sustainably in Emerging Markets and Industries
About Us
Alcance: reach.
Alcance Solutions provides strategic and emerging risk consulting services to help organizations reach for global opportunities and achieve sustainable growth. We support clients by providing research and analysis that balances risks and opportunities, is sustainability-focused and multidisciplinary. Our approach is to develop networks of collaboration, leverage innovative ecosystems and contribute to knowledge transfer.
Services
Alcance Solutions connects information to opportunities.
Informing Decision-Making for Sustainable Growth
Bringing a global perspective and insights to problem-solving and forecasting
Providing strategic analysis with a balanced view of risk and opportunity
Developing evidence-based and multidisciplinary assessments
Targeting solutions to mitigate your risks
Emerging market and industry research and analysis
Alcance Solutions helps you assess and understand the risks of doing business in emerging markets and frontier industries, including commodities. We help you develop actionable risk management strategies with a long-term view focused on country, industry and climate-related risks.
Country Risk
Risk of doing business in a country or market. It is the assessment of what could prevent an organization from getting paid, investing or completing a contract such as geopolitical, financial, economic, and policy risks.
Industry Risk
Risk of doing business in a specific industry. It is the assessment of what could impact the industry, related commodities and its player’s performance such as regulatory, supply-demand dynamics, and technological trends.
Integrating climate-related risks and opportunities
Linking economic prosperity, climate change and sustainable development to prepare your organization to a changing climate.
Climate-related Risk Management
Transition Planning
Technological Trend Analysis
Climate Finance Trend Analysis
Products
Alcance Solutions takes complex topics and effectively communicates information for different audiences. We help you develop resources and package information to meet your needs, including:
Reports
• Global risks and trends
• Topical white papers and case studies
• Mitigation and growth strategies
• Impact assessments
• Guides
Online content
• Informational videos
• Commentary
• Blogs
• Infographics
OTHER services
• Training
• Webinars and Panel discussions
• Networking and connections
With extensive experience helping organizations incorporate market and industry risks into business decisions, Andrea is uniquely positioned to bring a holistic perspective to country and industry research, climate-related risks, and strategic planning.
Andrea spent over 12 years at Export Development Canada supporting Canadian exporters and investors grow internationally. As a Principal Economist, Andrea developed expertise in country and industry due diligence, and a became a go-to expert advising EDC and its clients on the risks of doing business in emerging markets and industries such as agriculture, infrastructure, energy and mining. As a Senior Advisor in International Relations, Andrea advanced climate-related analysis and policy, led knowledge sharing initiatives in climate-risk management practices and contributed to international negotiations on climate finance.
Andrea holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Ottawa and a Master’s in Global Security Studies of Environment and Energy from Johns Hopkins University. Andrea can support clients in English, French and Spanish.