Charles Hecker has spent forty years travelling and working in the Soviet Union and Russia. He has worked as a journalist at The Miami Herald and The Moscow Times, and as a geopolitical risk consultant at Control Risks, where he was a partner in the firm. While at Control Risks, Charles helped dozens of leading, international companies invest safely in Russia and manage the dynamic array of risks the country presented as it developed as a market.
From 2000 to 2008, he was the managing partner of Control Risks' Moscow office. He is a regular contributor to Monocle Radio and has offered expert commentary on Times Radio, CNN, the BBC, CNBC, and Bloomberg TV, among others.
A fluent Russian speaker, he holds an undergraduate degree in Russian and Soviet Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from the Russian Research Center (now called the Davis Center) at Harvard University. Charles grew up in the Connecticut suburbs of New York City, with a brief stint in South Bend, Indiana. He has also lived in Miami and Moscow, and currently resides in East London.
