Leadership and Expertise in Geopolitical Strategy

Dr Uther Charlton-Stevens is the Founder and CEO of Trygonus. A Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, Dr Charlton-Stevens is a South Asia specialist and a historian of empire and conflict, with multiple well-reviewed scholarly publications, and extensive public speaking experience. His first book covers Indian constitutional politics as it relates to treatment of racial, ethnic and religious minority communities. Dr Charlton-Stevens has lived in China, Russia, and the UK, and speaks Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Spanish. He earned his bachelors and doctoral degrees from the University of Oxford and a master of science with distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Having lectured at several universities, most recently the University of Hong Kong, he is also the Treasurer and Director of the Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. Dr Charlton-Stevens is keenly interested in political and geopolitical developments and strategic thinking across multiple parts of the world, particularly India, China, Russia, the UK and the United States of America.

Isabella Charlton is Director for the Americas at Trygonus, handling government relations, corporate networking, lobbying and advocacy. A UK-qualified lawyer and fluent Mandarin-speaker, she grew up in Hong Kong and lived in Beijing before moving to the United States and naturalising as an American. Over the years, Isabella has established a high-level network of influential contacts in government, the judiciary, the corporate and regulatory space, and with tech startups and CEOs. Having served as master of ceremonies for high profile events, Isabella’s talent for public speaking and connecting with people as individuals and as audiences, have been sharpened through her experience appearing on podcasts and performing standup comedy at prominent venues around the world from California to Australia, including a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – she has even performed Xiangsheng crosstalk comedy in Mandarin Chinese, as well as appearing in television and film in China. Isabella holds degrees in law from the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Julia Charlton is a Fellow at Trygonus. The Founder Partner of Charltons law firm, she is a senior fellow of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute, a member of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel, the Takeovers Appeals Committee of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, the Company Law Committee of the Hong Kong Law Society, the Working Party on Review of the Law Society’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and of the Listing Review Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.