The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.

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Today we are joined by Allan Wind. Allan is a retired Senior Foreign Service Officer from the US Agency for International Development, often referred to as USAID. Allan worked with USAID on assignments between 1990 to 2019 in Peru, Nicaragua, Angola, Nigeria, Iraq, Afghanistan and South Africa. He provided oversight to US Government foreign aid development and humanitarian assistance, and supported US Ambassadors as part of the Embassy Country Teams. In South Africa Allan helped establish the Southern Africa Regional Leadership Center as part of President Obama’s Young African Leadership Initiative and contributed to other youth development efforts and business incubators.

His recent book has been a best-seller on Amazon and is available in paperback and ebook. You can find the book Andean Adventures: An Unexpected Search for Meaning, Purpose and Discovery Across Three Countries online at Amazon.

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Episode 44: with host Dominic Bowen and guest Allan Wind discuss working for the US Government around the world and managing international risks