Xenia runs an executive coaching, moderation and geopolitical advisory business,

Wickett Advisory, that helps clients distinguish signal from noise.
 

She brings extensive cross-sectoral and cross-cultural experience to the conversation. Prior to launching her own business, Xenia was the Vice President of Political Analysis and

Integrity Due Diligence at Equinor. She has also held positions as Head of the US and

Americas Programme and founding Dean of the Academy for Leadership at Chatham House, Executive Director of the PeaceNexus Foundation, which she helped found, and Executive Director for Research at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.
 

Xenia served with the US government as Director for South Asia on the National Security

Council (NSC) and at the State Department as Special Adviser at the Homeland Security

Group and as an Officer in the Bureau of Non-Proliferation. Shortly after 9/11, she was

detailed to the US Office of the Vice President to help launch the Office of Homeland

Security Affairs.
 

Xenia is a trustee and director of Transparency International UK, a member of the Executive Committee of the Pilgrims, and the faculty at Chatham House’s Leadership Academy. She has spoken, moderated and facilitated high-level discussions at events including Aspen, the FT Weekend Festival, ONS and the Brussels Forum, and has extensive experience with the written media, tv and radio.
 

Xenia holds a Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching from Henley Business School, a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Physiology from Oxford University. She is a qualified coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF).