Today’s Exile is Veronika Koroleva, Partner at gunnercooke. Veronika’s Exile celebrates the importance of mentorship and resilience, as well as embracing alternative working models to deal with problems that aren’t quite as unprecedented as we give them credit for.

Andreas Back, senior manager, financial services, at Finnish energy and marine technology company, Wärtsilä, reflects on ECA-backed projects in the new global macro and political paradigm emerging from the US. He’s optimistic for his company, less so personally.

The greatest impact of the second Trump administration is likely to be through its application of tariffs on global trade flows. But its impacts on project pipelines and through its official agencies should not be overlooked.