Global Advisers.
A global network of advisers shaping specific strands of the work.
Jon Fuller is a global advisor for Loom, supporting our work on industrial strategy and energy security.
Prior to joining Loom, Jon was director for Breakthrough Energy, an organisation founded by Bill Gates in 2015 to accelerate the clean energy transition.
Jon brings more than two decades experience leading on Infrastructure, Technology and Energy policy, including several years working at the heart of the British government for His Majesty’s Treasury.
He also has extensive experience in the private sector where he worked as the UK Director of Government Affairs for Hewlett Packard between 2012 – 2015. He also spent several years at PwC Corporate Finance and Flint Global providing advice and analysis to major Institutional Investors and clients across the energy, technology and transport sectors.
Jaeyoung Lee is a global advisor to Loom, supporting our work related to economics and the environment.
He is the President of Together for Our Homeland, a non-profit organisation in Korea advocating for climate action. He is also the President of KGMLab, an organisation focused on the intersection of technology, society, and future generations. A former Member of the National Assembly (2012–2016), he served on several key committees including Strategy and Finance; Science, ICT, Future Planning, Broadcasting & Communications; and the Special Committee on Budget and Accounts. From 2016 onwards, he held senior roles in the conservative People Power Party, including Supreme Council Member, Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Chair of the Digital Party Committee.
Before entering politics, Jaeyoung worked at the World Economic Forum as a Global Leadership Fellow on the Asia Team. He currently serves as an adjunct professor and head of the ESG Center at Kookmin University, and regularly appears as a political commentator on Korean TV and radio. In addition, he advises and invests in several start-up companies in Korea’s tech and innovation sector.
Jaeyoung holds a BA from Georgetown University and an MA from Yonsei University.
Iris Ferguson is a global advisor to Loom, supporting our work across defence, security, energy and environment.
She previously served as the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Arctic and Global Resilience. In this role, she served as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense and senior leadership on protecting U.S. and Allied interests in the Arctic region; managing oceans policy and the freedom of navigation programme; addressing the strategic risks of climate change; and ensuring the Department maintained competitive advantage through the energy transition.
Prior to that Iris was a Senior Advisor on Arctic and climate security issues for U.S. Air Force Futures and the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. In those capacities, she authored and implemented the Department of the Air Force’s Arctic Strategy including advising on strategic initiatives, operations, and international partnerships related to the region. She was also a Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment, and Energy, focusing on energy security, resilience, and sustainability policies.
Iris previously served on the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, structuring and implementing the first federal investment promotion programme, SelectUSA, and as a national security and foreign policy legislative aide focused on Europe, Latin America, and East Asia on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
She is a former Council on Foreign Relations Fellow (Canada) and Term Member. She holds a B.A. from the University of Arkansas and a M.A. in International Economics and Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Nicolás Galarza is global advisor to Loom, supporting our work on organised crime, the bioeconomy, and environment.
He recently served as Colombia’s Vice Minister for the Environment, where he led key national climate initiatives, and prior to that, he was Director for Urban Development at the Ministry of Housing and Cities, overseeing national urban policy and regulatory frameworks.
Earlier in his career, Nicolás was a research scholar for nearly eight years at NYU’s Marron Institute for Urban Management, where he co-authored several publications, including the 2016 edition of The Atlas of Urban Expansion. His work has consistently focused on sustainable urban growth and climate resilience, both in Colombia and internationally.
Currently, he advises a German renewable energy firm on green hydrogen and has launched two startups: one producing organic fertilizer, and another leveraging AI for urban development and sustainability. He also serves as a board member of Our Common Home, a Geneva-based international environmental non-profit.
He holds a Master’s degree in Urban Planning from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service, a B.A. in International Relations from Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia, and a certificate in Poverty Issues from Zhejiang University in China.
Édgar Moreno is a global advisor to Loom, supporting our work on organised crime, the economy and the environment.
Since its founding in 2024, he has served as director of Entorno a ti, an organisation dedicated to expanding social support for better climate and environmental policies.
During three federal administrations in Mexico (2006-2021), he held strategic positions in the Government Message Coordination and National Security Council within the Office of the President, as well as in the ministries of Public Administration, Culture, Education, and Economy.
In the private sector, he has led communication, social investment, and risk management projects in strategic sectors such as energy, mining, electric mobility, and the audiovisual industry in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, the United States, Georgia, Guatemala, and Peru.
He is a member of the board of directors of Youthbuild Mexico and co-founder of the Mexican Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles. Between 2022 and 2025, he founded and was part of CeNeutral, one of the top-three companies developing charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Mexico.
He holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Columbia University in New York City, where he was Dean’s Fellow, and studied Political Science at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM). He has been a guest lecturer in political communication at universities such as ITAM and the Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla (UPAEP).
Heather Conley is a global advisor to Loom, supporting our work related to the Arctic, defence and energy.
Heather is also a senior advisor to Evenflow Macro and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), having previously served as the sixth president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Prior to this, Heather served as senior vice president for Europe, Russia, and Eurasia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She is a recognised expert on Europe, Russia and the Arctic region, as well as NATO and EU issues, the conflict in Ukraine, and Sino-Russian cooperation.
From 2001-2005, Ms. Conley served as deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs with responsibilities for U.S. bilateral relations with Northern and Central Europe. Ms. Conley began her career at the U.S. Department of State in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs and served as special assistant to the coordinator of U.S. assistance to Russia and the post-Soviet space. She then went on to serve as a senior associate at the international consulting firm led by former U.S. deputy secretary of state Richard L. Armitage. Ms. Conley received her B.A. in international studies from West Virginia Wesleyan College and her M.A. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Agnė Rakštytė is a global advisor to Loom, supporting our work related to defence and energy security.
Agnė has over seven years of experience in the private defense sector. She worked on radar systems & command and control architectures, and explored the commercial potential of emerging technologies including 5G/6G and space systems. She also served on the Board of the National Defense Industries Association in Lithuania. Now she is the CEO and co-founder of KOVO Armor, a company developing advanced ballistic protection using lightweight composite materials.
She is also a board member of Baltijos Lizdas (Nidus Balticus). This is the local organisation for the Baltic States within the Our Common Home network, a Geneva-based nonprofit advancing global sustainability. Agnė promotes efforts to accelerate the transition to clean, secure energy systems.
In 2021, she was a Digital Innovation Baltic Fellow at CEPA and a European Fellow for International Strategy in 2022 with Schmidt Futures. She is currently a member of the Young Generation Leadership Network, led by the European Leadership Network, reflecting her ongoing commitment to leadership and innovation in defense and technology.
Michael Collins is global adviser for Loom, supporting our work on energy and security.
Michael is Director of Energy Transition Research at Energy Intelligence. He advises governments, international institutions, companies and investors on the technologies, policies, geopolitics and national security aspects of the energy transition, climate change and climate diplomacy.
Prior to joining Energy Intelligence in September 2024, Michael worked for the UK Government for more than a decade – at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Home Office, Foreign Office and Cabinet Office. His final role was Deputy Head of National Security Strategy. He has written for and advised prime ministers and other senior members of the UK Cabinet.
Michael is also a Research Associate at the Climate Change & (In)security Project, a collaboration between the University of Oxford and the British Army.
Dr Michal Meidan is Head of China Energy Research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and the Scientific Advisor for the Master in International Energy Transitions at the Paris School of International Affairs. Before joining OIES in July 2019, she headed cross-commodity China research at Energy Aspects. Prior to that, she headed China Matters, an independent research consultancy providing analysis on the politics of energy in China. Michal also held senior analytical roles at Eurasia Group in New York and London, and at Asia Centre-Sciences Po, Paris. She taught undergraduate courses on China’s political economy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and has authored numerous academic articles. Michal also regularly provides comments for a wide variety of media outlets and is featured as a speaker at industry conferences. Michal holds a PhD in Political Science and East Asian studies from Sciences Po, Paris. She is fluent in Mandarin and French.
Nico Lange is the founder and director of IRIS (Institute for Risk analysis and International Security) in Berlin. He is a senior fellow for transatlantic security and defense at CEPA in Washington D.C and a senior advisor at Rasmussen Global. Lange is a member of the advisory council to the German Federal Minister of Economy on security and defense industry. Lange was Chief of Staff at the Federal Ministry of Defense of Germany from 2019 to 2022 and a senior fellow to the Munich Security Conference from 2022 to 2025. Before being appointed to the MoD, Lange was Deputy General Manager of the CDU Deutschlands and Director of Strategic Planning and International Politics at CDU Headquarters. Prior, Nico Lange served as State Commissioner for Innovation and Strategy to the State Government of Saarland, Director of the USA office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Washington D.C, and Deputy Director for political consulting at Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung headquarters in Berlin. Lange served as director of the Ukraine office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Kyiv from 2006-2012. He was awarded a Robert Bosch Fellowship in St. Petersburg, Russia from 2003-2006. Lange speaks fluent Ukrainian and Russian.