Benedict Hamlyn

Benedict Hamlyn is a geopolitical specialist with a core research focus on Chinese financing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Benedict serves as Director of Intelligence Network and Trusted Partners at Ground Truth Intelligence (GTI), where he oversees a global network of intelligence sources in alignment with client priorities and oversees commercial expansion via the exclusive Trusted Partner community. He also holds appointments as an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and as an Official Advisor to Form1 Partners, a B2B investment capital firm.

Before joining GTI, Benedict was Head of Geopolitical Network at Gatehouse Advisory Partners, a geopolitical consultancy founded by Sir Jeremy Greenstock and Sir David Manning, where he led a global source network of over 1,500 sources. Earlier in his career, Benedict previously worked as Head of Operations for an Amsterdam-based mental health charity and as a freelance journalist for various political media outlets. He also had a brief stint working in the RUSI International Department.

Educated in the UK, he graduated as Valedictorian from Amsterdam University College before taking his MPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford, where his research on Chinese financing in Africa was presented to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).