Rasmussen Global

Rasmussen Global is an international political consultancy founded in 2014 by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former Prime Minister of Denmark and Secretary General of NATO. The firm was established after Rasmussen completed his term at NATO and is built around high-level strategic advice on international affairs, security, and public policy. Its work combines geopolitical analysis, political access, strategic communications, and advice on complex regulatory and international environments. The consultancy is headquartered in Copenhagen and Brussels and has additional offices in Berlin and Kyiv. Its geographic focus reflects its strong connection to European and transatlantic institutions, while its assignments have also extended to clients and partners in Asia and other regions. Rasmussen Global advises both sovereign governments and multinational companies. Publicly identified government clients and engagements have included Japan, Taiwan, Armenia, and Albania, which retained the firm during 2019–2020. Its business-sector work has included companies operating in energy, critical raw materials, finance, information technology, and space. Security policy and transatlantic relations are central to the firm's identity. Rasmussen's profile as a former Danish prime minister and NATO secretary general gives the consultancy particular relevance for clients dealing with NATO, the European Union, national security, and relations between Europe and North America. The firm's broader advisory scope includes European Union affairs, energy security, access to critical minerals and other strategic materials, and the geopolitical implications of space and technology. Ukraine has been a significant part of Rasmussen Global's public activity. On 27 May 2016, Anders Fogh Rasmussen became a non-staff adviser to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, while the firm supported reform efforts and Ukraine's international positioning. From June 2022, Rasmussen Global also worked on a pro-bono basis with the Office of the President of Ukraine. In the same month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Rasmussen to co-chair, with Andriy Yermak, an international working group on security guarantees for Ukraine. The group's work contributed to the Kyiv Security Compact, which later informed the G7 joint declaration on security guarantees adopted at the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius. At the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, individual security arrangements between Ukraine and NATO allies were formalized through the Ukraine Compact. The firm is led by chief executive Fabrice Pothier, who took the position in April 2022. Its senior personnel include specialists with backgrounds in European institutions, national governments, defence, and Ukrainian politics. Rasmussen Global has been described as one of the better-ranked specialist consultancies in Brussels. In 2025, Russia designated the firm as an undesirable organization, an action that illustrates the political sensitivity of its Ukraine and transatlantic work. Rasmussen Global remains an active advisory business serving public and private clients in strategically sensitive sectors.

Rasmussen Global was founded in 2014 by Anders Fogh Rasmussen after he completed his tenure as NATO Secretary General. Rasmussen had previously served as Denmark's prime minister, and the consultancy was created to apply his experience in national government, European politics, and transatlantic security to strategic advisory work. From its beginning, the firm focused on questions where public policy, international relations, and commercial interests overlap. The organization developed as a specialist consultancy rather than a mass-market professional-services brand. Its core areas include security policy, NATO and transatlantic relations, European Union affairs, energy, critical raw materials, and space. The firm serves governments as well as multinational businesses, including companies in energy, finance, information technology, critical minerals, and space-related sectors. Its offices in Copenhagen, Brussels, Berlin, and Kyiv place it close to Danish, European, German, and Ukrainian policy environments. Ukraine became an important area of the firm's work during the second half of the 2010s. On 27 May 2016, Anders Fogh Rasmussen accepted a non-staff advisory role with President Petro Poroshenko. Rasmussen Global worked on Ukraine's reform efforts and its international positioning, and Rasmussen also helped assemble a group of international supporters of Ukraine. The engagement connected the firm's government-advisory activities with its broader focus on European security and transatlantic relations. In April 2022, Fabrice Pothier became the firm's chief executive. Pothier's appointment marked a further development of the firm's institutional leadership while Rasmussen remained associated with the organization as its founder and a prominent senior figure. The firm continued to draw on advisers with experience in European institutions, national governments, defence ministries, Ukrainian politics, and digital policy. Named senior figures include geopolitical practice leader Harry Nedelcu, Irish former minister Dara Murphy, former Ukrainian parliamentarian Olena Sotnyk, former German defence-ministry chief of staff Nico Lange, and former European External Action Service executive secretary-general Pierre Vimont. The firm's Ukraine work expanded after Russia's full-scale invasion. From June 2022, Rasmussen Global worked pro bono with the Office of the President of Ukraine. That month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Anders Fogh Rasmussen to co-chair an international working group on security guarantees with Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President. The resulting Kyiv Security Compact became an important policy foundation for the G7 joint declaration on security guarantees associated with the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius. At the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, the individual agreements negotiated between Ukraine and NATO allies were formalized in the Ukraine Compact. Alongside its Ukraine activity, Rasmussen Global has advised a range of governments, including Japan, Taiwan, Armenia, and Albania during 2019–2020. It has also continued to advise private-sector clients facing geopolitical and regulatory challenges. The firm has been recognized in Brussels as a highly ranked specialist consultancy. In 2025, Russia designated Rasmussen Global as an undesirable organization. The designation underscores the sensitivity of the firm's public international-policy work but does not indicate that the firm ceased operations. It remains an active consultancy with a focus on strategic advice for governments and businesses operating in contested or rapidly changing geopolitical environments.

• 2025

  Russia designation

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  Russia designated Rasmussen Global as an undesirable organization.

• 2024

  Ukraine Compact formalized

  [1]Rasmussen Globalen.wikipedia.org

  Individual security agreements between Ukraine and NATO allies were formalized at the NATO Summit in Washington.

• 2023

  Kyiv Security Compact informs G7 declaration

  [1]Rasmussen Globalen.wikipedia.org

  The working group's proposals contributed to the G7 declaration on security guarantees associated with the NATO Summit in Vilnius.

• 2022

  New chief executive appointed

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  Fabrice Pothier became CEO in April.

• 2022

  Ukraine security-guarantees working group launched

  [1]Rasmussen Globalen.wikipedia.org

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Andriy Yermak were asked to co-chair an international working group on security guarantees for Ukraine.

• 2016

  Rasmussen becomes adviser to Ukraine's president

  [1]Rasmussen Globalen.wikipedia.org

  On 27 May, Anders Fogh Rasmussen became a non-staff adviser to President Petro Poroshenko, with the firm supporting Ukrainian reform and international positioning.

• 2014

  Rasmussen Global founded

  [1]Rasmussen Globalen.wikipedia.org

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen established the international political consultancy after completing his tenure as NATO Secretary General.

A senior-level geopolitical and political consultancy focused on security, transatlantic relations, European affairs, Ukraine, energy, critical raw materials, technology, and space.

• Professional services · 2014

  Geopolitical advisory

  Advice for governments and businesses on international political developments, strategic risk, geopolitical positioning, and the consequences of changing global power relationships.

• Professional services · 2014

  Security and transatlantic affairs advisory

  Strategic counsel on security policy, NATO, European defence, transatlantic relations, and international security arrangements, drawing on the firm's senior political and government experience.

• Professional services

  Energy and critical raw materials advisory

  Advice on the geopolitical and policy dimensions of energy markets, strategic resources, and critical raw materials, including the risks created by supply-chain dependence and international competition.

• Professional services

  Space and technology geopolitics advisory

  Strategic advice for clients operating in space and information technology, with attention to regulation, international competition, security, and the wider geopolitical implications of advanced technologies.

• 2022Ukraine security guarantees

  Ukraine · Europe · NATO member states

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen co-chaired an international working group with Andriy Yermak on security guarantees for Ukraine. Rasmussen Global also worked pro bono with the Office of the President of Ukraine.

  Outcome. The resulting Kyiv Security Compact contributed to the G7 declaration on security guarantees at the 2023 NATO Summit and preceded formalization of bilateral arrangements in the 2024 Ukraine Compact.

  Source

• 2022

  Pro-bono Ukraine engagement and security-guarantees workStrategy

  Background

  Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the firm expanded its publicly reported Ukraine-related activity and its founder was asked to co-chair an international security-guarantees working group.

  Action taken

  Rasmussen Global worked pro bono with the Office of the President of Ukraine, while Anders Fogh Rasmussen co-chaired the working group with Andriy Yermak.

  Aftermath

  The work contributed to the Kyiv Security Compact, the 2023 G7 declaration on security guarantees, and the later Ukraine Compact.

  Source

1. 1Rasmussen Globalen.wikipedia.org