Kristen Robinson

Researcher

  • Kristen joined Portland's International Affairs team in October 2011.
  • Kristen has sector expertise in energy, having done her thesis on Caspian energy and serving as Project Manager on the GDF/Suez and AREVA accounts at Pelham Media in Paris.
  • She worked as Publications & Marketing Manager for the German Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, where she was Managing Editor of their China-wide magazine, GC Ticker. She also gained experience at the US Agricultural Trade Office in Shanghai and at the US Embassy in Mexico City.
  • Kristen speaks fluent French, Spanish and German, and is working on her Mandarin.
  • She has an MSc in international political economy from the London School of Economics, has done a French language and literature course at the Sorbonne University in Paris and holds a BA from Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.