Join our Managers, Sitati Wasilwa and Uday Bakhshi as they discuss how APAC Assistance provides crucial support to multinational companies through Country-Specific Election Risk Assessments. They emphasize the importance of these assessments in safeguarding high-value assets and ensuring operational continuity before, during, and after elections, particularly given increased global political polarization. They share examples from APAC Assistance’s proven expertise in conducting these assessments across the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. By analyzing potential election-related threats, they demonstrate how companies need tailored assessments and support to navigate political volatility and protect their operations during critical election periods.

Why country-specific election risk assessments are crucial for multinationals

• During election periods across Asia-Pacific and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, we are increasingly seeing more disruptions, polarization, or violence. This is creating a more risky environment for businesses, not only with operations at remote sites but also large offices in major urban centers and cities. 
• Risks and threats can surge before, during, and after electoral periods, and we see this time and time again in various locations that we help clients operate in, from Papua New Guinea to India, from South Africa to Egypt, from Nigeria to Iran, and even places in Europe. 
• During this period of heightened tensions, which can often manifest violence, companies have to take a more flexible and proactive approach to safety and security.
• Multinationals have to consider everything from the travel safety of their employees going to the office, to their overall operations in the country, and even the regulatory and policy environment.

So election-specific risk assessments are integral to an MNC’s resilience. 

APAC Assistance’s election risk assessment support for global businesses

• We do not look at elections in a vacuum as they come along. We closely track and assess evolving political and social trends to provide a wider context to multinational companies. In this way, multinational companies do not have to suddenly shift strategies or plans based on results that may surprise them. We help them navigate through socio-economic and political issues that could cause business, travel, and social disruptions. 
• We provide an objective analysis of politically charged environments to help clients make sound decisions that are most beneficial for their business goals. 
• We’ve conducted many such assessments, including covering them in client-specific risk briefings, for countries across the Asia Pacific as well as Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In 2023, we released a special report on Africa’s elections scheduled for 2024 covering various countries. We conducted a comprehensive country-specific risk assessment for the election period that covered everything from travel, and corruption, to armed conflict.

APAC Assistance, as an operational risk management company, conducts country-specific election risk assessments to support organizations with vast footprints in making better and timely operational risk management decisions. This enhances business continuity as well as the deployment of personnel and high-value assets.

Don’t wait for a crisis to test your preparedness. Partner with APAC Assistance and benefit from our proven expertise in safeguarding your operations against potential threats.

Contact us today to learn how we can help you protect your business and ensure the safety of your team. For more information, please visit our website or contact our Regional Director, Bhargav Reddy at bhargav_reddy@apacassistance.com. Together, we can build a safer, more secure future for your company.