
RANE Podcast Series
This podcast series offers risk intelligence and analysis from RANE Network. RANE is a risk intelligence company that provides business professionals with access to critical insights, analysis, and support, enabling them to better anticipate, monitor, and respond to emerging risks and threats. In the RANE podcast series, risk management experts and thought leaders share best practices for managing business risk, geopolitical risk, physical and cyber security risks, compliance risk, and other key risks and threats that organizations face today. These podcasts empower businesses, governments, and individuals to confidently navigate an increasingly complex international environment. At RANE, we believe shared risks require shared solutions and invite you to listen in.
Latest episodes

Sep 17, 2024 • 18min
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030
In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE’s Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst, Ryan Bohl reviews Vision 2030’s evolution and explains what we can expect for Saudi Arabia as 2030 approaches.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Sep 12, 2024 • 49min
Special Episode for the 2024 RANE & NASDAQ Risk Summit: Fireside Chat with Jared Cohen
As part of RANE and Nasdaq’s recent risk summit on September 9th, RANE founder and chief collaborative officer David Lawrence is sitting down with a number of industry leaders to discuss major compliance, security, and geopolitical issues that are top of mind for global organizations.
In this special episode, RANE Founder and Chief Collaborative Officer, David Lawrence, sits down with Jared Cohen, Co-Head of the Goldman Sachs Institute and President of Global Affairs at Goldman Sachs.
Jared joined the firm in 2022 as a partner and is involved in the Management Committee and the Firmwide Client Franchise Committee. Previously, he was the CEO and founder of Jigsaw at Alphabet Inc. and served as Google's first Director of Ideas and Chief Advisor. He has also worked on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff and advised Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. Cohen is a NYT bestselling author with six books
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Sep 6, 2024 • 59min
RANE Insights: Special Episode for the 2024 RANE & NASDAQ Risk Summit: Fireside Chat with Jim Nadler and Van Hesser
In preparation for RANE and Nasdaq’s upcoming summit on September 9th, RANE founder and chief collaborative officer David Lawrence is sitting down with a number of industry leaders to discuss major compliance, security, and geopolitical issues that are top of mind for global organizations.
In this episode, David chats with Jim Nadler, President and CEO and Van Hesser, Sr. Managing Director and Chief Strategist at KBRA.
Jim Nadler is the current President and CEO of KBRA. Prior to joining KBRA, Jim was responsible for all alternative assets in the New England Asset Management Division at General Re Corporation. Over the last 30 years, Jim has held several executive roles in the financial analysis arena, including at mainstays in the ratings industry as well as independent research firms. Jim is also the Board Chairman of DealVector, serves on the board for the NYC/LI Chapter of Breakthrough T1D, and is an elected member of The Economic Club of NY.
Van Hesser is the Senior Managing Director and Chief Strategist at KBRA, where he is responsible for commenting on market and economic developments and their impact on credit markets. He is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Van is the creator and host of KBRA’s weekly podcast, 3 Things in Credit. Previously, he led the company’s Financial Institutions and Corporates credit rating groups, where he leveraged over 30 years of experience as an institutional investor, sell-side research analyst, investment banker and regulator.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Sep 4, 2024 • 41min
Special Episode for the 2024 RANE & NASDAQ Risk Summit: Fireside Chat with Ben Colman
In preparation for RANE and Nasdaq’s upcoming summit on September 9th, RANE founder and chief collaborative officer David Lawrence is sitting down with a number of industry leaders to discuss major compliance, security, and geopolitical issues that are top of mind for global organizations.
In this episode, David chats with Ben Colman, the founder of Reality Defender, the leading provider of deepfake detection.
Over the past 15 years, Ben has scaled multiple companies at the intersection of privacy, AI, and cyber security. Prior to this, Ben led cyber commercialization at Goldman Sachs, and was a graduate intern at Google. Ben holds a master's degree from New York University and a bachelor's degree from Claremont McKenna College.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Aug 28, 2024 • 52min
Special Episode for the 2024 RANE & NASDAQ Risk Summit: Fireside Chat with Phil Venables
In preparation for RANE and Nasdaq’s upcoming summit on September 9th, RANE founder and chief collaborative officer David Lawrence is sitting down with a number of industry leaders to discuss major compliance, security, and geopolitical issues that are top of mind for global organizations.
In this episode, David chats with Phil Venables, the Chief Information Security Officer of Google Cloud, about the responsibility of company leadership in mitigating cyber risk.
At Google Cloud, Phil leads the risk, security, compliance, and privacy teams. Before joining Google, he was a Partner at Goldman Sachs where he held multiple roles over a long career, initially as their first Chief Information Security Officer, a role he held for 17 years.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Aug 27, 2024 • 14min
Kenya’s Political and Economic Outlook
In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE’s Geopolitical Analyst Rémi Dodd explains the circumstances surrounding the recent protests in Kenya that forced President William Ruto to sack the entirety of his cabinet and form a broad-based government.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Aug 26, 2024 • 45min
RANE Insights: The United States of Addiction Part II
This is the second part of a series of discussions on the relationship between addiction and enterprise risk.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Aug 16, 2024 • 12min
What to Watch Ahead of Algeria’s September Election
In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE’s Middle East and North Africa Analyst Kristin Ronzi discusses what Algeria’s current President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has accomplished during his first-term and what we can expect from a likely re-election.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Aug 9, 2024 • 22min
What a Trump Presidency Would Mean for the Russia-Ukraine War
This podcast was recorded prior to Ukrainian forces' incursion into Russia's Kursk region on Aug. 6.
On July 15, former U.S. President and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump selected Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate. Among other reasons, the selection was notable because Vance is one of the most outspoken opponents in the U.S. Senate of sending aid to Ukraine, being one of just 15 Republican senators who on April 30 voted against a bill providing around $61 billion in support for Ukraine. As a result, his selection as Trump's running mate reignited concerns that a Trump administration would seek to block further aid to Ukraine. In this episode of Essential Geopolitics, RANE Eurasia Analyst Matthew Orr lays out scenarios for a possible Trump administration's Ukraine policy.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

Aug 3, 2024 • 36min
Corporate Strategy in a Complex Regulatory Environment
In this episode of RANE Insights, RANE Founder David Lawrence speaks with David Tannenbaum about how companies should navigate the increasingly complex regulatory and compliance landscape.
RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.
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