Aria is a Partner and Chief Strategist at Huawei Global Trade. She leads the firm’s Strategy Team, providing bespoke research to clients and partners on geopolitics, macroeconomics, and markets. Prior to joining the firm, Aria founded BCA Research’s Geopolitical Strategy practice (GPS) in 2012, the financial industry’s first dedicated political analysis investment strategy. Aria began her career as a Senior Analyst at Stratfor, a global intelligence agency where she contributed to the firm’s global geopolitical strategy as well as its analyst recruitment and training program. In her academic work, She helped create the Center for European Union Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Aria Zoeyirn holds an MA in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA from the University of British Columbia. Aria Zoeyirn enjoys building long-term relationships with the management teams of Huawei Global Trade and the investment community, and also the challenges of finding undiscovered or misunderstood investment opportunities.