As a principal consultant, Pillai-Essex provides project management and consulting services for clients in the banking, energy, retail, and manufacturing sectors. 

He focuses on data-driven geopolitical risk assessments for corporate and financial services clients. Assessments combine proprietary political and ESG indices with country/thematic expertise to screen financial and reputational risks. 

He has experience working on a variety of client solutions, including ESG due diligence, market entry analysis, and bespoke political risk assessments. Pillai-Essex also supports the research team with coverage of United States political and economic trends.

Pillai-Essex holds a bachelor’s degree from McGill University and a master of Public Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pillai-Essex was an event speaker at the Dialogue.