Jonathan Blanchard Smith

Jonathan is Director and Fellow, SAMI Consulting, where he heads the Government Practice. 

https://www.samiconsulting.co.uk/our-team/jonathan-blanchard-smith

Jonathan is a Fellow and Director of SAMI Consulting, where he heads the Government consulting business. Recent projects include leading the team for the Refresh of the Futures Toolkit, for the Cabinet Office Risk Scenarios project, and others. Jonathan led SAMI’s work with the European Trade Union Institute to develop scenarios and roadmaps for the Future of Trade Unions to 2030. He leads SAMI’s work on the implications of the UK’s departure from the EU; is the regional specialist for on Russia and Central Asia, and on the Middle East, notably in a project for EC Research and Innovation Directorate. Jonathan has lectured at APEC, at the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System, and in Europe on topics including futures and foresight.

Jonathan started his career in foresight and futures in the year 2000, when, having been London Managing Director of the New York Institute of Finance, he was drafted to their head office in New York as a corporate troubleshooter, He was subsequently appointed to a Board role.

Jonathan lectures on a range of subjects using foresight and futures techniques, including on change management; geopolitics, and cross-border merger and acquisitions. He has spoken at European Strategy and Policy Analysis System, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, The Institute of Risk Management and the Austrian Competition Authority.