# Peter Frankopan joins Hakluyt's International Advisory Board

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- Published: 2026-07-27T21:00:00+07:00
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LONDON, July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hakluyt, the global strategic advisory firm
for businesses and investors, is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor
Peter Frankopan, the historian and author, to its international advisory board.

 [⌊Professor Peter Frankopan⌉](https://mma.prnasia.com/media2/3007047/Hakluyt_Board.jpg?p=medium600)

Professor Peter Frankopan

Peter Frankopan is one of the world’s leading historians of global affairs. He is
Professor of Global History at Worcester College, Oxford, where he is Director of
the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research, and UNESCO Professor of Silk Roads Studies
at King’s College, Cambridge. He is best known for_ The Silk Roads: A New History
of the World_ (2015), which sold more than two million copies, followed by _The 
New Silk Roads_ (2018) and _The Earth Transformed: An Untold History_ (2023). He
is President of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, and has advised governments
and multilateral institutions on geopolitics, security, energy and connectivity.

Chaired by Lord William Hague, Hakluyt’s international advisory board includes senior
leaders from across business, government and academia, who enhance the firm’s global
connectivity and expertise.

Lord Hague said: "Peter is one of the most original thinkers on the forces shaping
our world, and I am delighted to welcome him to Hakluyt’s international advisory
board. His unrivalled understanding of history and the connections between regions
and peoples across time will be invaluable as the firm advises clients navigating
an increasingly complex global environment."

Peter Frankopan commented: "We are living through a period of extraordinary change,
with power, trade and technology shifting in ways that will define the decades to
come. I look forward to helping Hakluyt and its clients read these currents and 
navigate a fast-changing world with confidence."

Thomas Ellis, Hakluyt’s managing partner, added: "Peter brings a rare combination
of deep historical perspective and sharp insight into contemporary geopolitics. 
As our clients across the world grapple with profound shifts in the global order,
his judgement will be enormously valuable."

This appointment is effective immediately.

**Notes to editors:**

Hakluyt is a strategic advisory firm that works with corporate leaders and investors
around the world on their most important commercial issues. For more information
on the firm, please visit [www.hakluytandco.com](https://www.hakluytandco.com/)

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