Xenia Wickett (née Dormandy) is a British-American executive coach and international advisor.

Biography

Wickett leads her own business, Wickett Advisory, that helps individuals and institutions make smarter, more informed decisions by gaining a broader perspective on their challenges and opportunities. The organisation achieves this through three key services: a) executive coaching; b) international affairs insights; and c) moderation, facilitation and hosting capabilities. Until mid-2021, Xenia was the Vice President of Political Analysis and Integrity Due Dilgience at

Equinor Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil and StatoilHydro) is a Norwegian multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger, Norway. It is primarily a petroleum company, petroleum company operating in 36 countries with additional investments in renew ...

(previously Statoil). Her work focused on analyzing international affairs, country risk and security issues as well as changing ESG standards and expectations. She also ensured corporate adherence to international integrity standards. Immediately prior to Equinor, Wickett was the project director of the US Project at

Chatham House The Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House, is a British think tank based in London, England. Its stated mission is "to help governments and societies build a sustainably secure, prosperous, and just world". It ...

and

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of the Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs,

’s new leadership training initiative. Previously, she was the executive director of the PeaceNexus Foundation, based outside

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, which she launched in 2009. From 2005 to 2009, Wickett was at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center where she was the director of the Project on India and the Subcontinent and the executive director for research. From early 2004 to August 2005, Wickett served as director for South Asia at the

U.S. National Security Council The United States National Security Council (NSC) is the national security council used by the president of the United States for consideration of national security, military, and foreign policy matters. Based in the White House, it is part ...

(NSC). Prior to her NSC post, Wickett served as a foreign affairs specialist in the Bureau of South Asia at the

Department of State The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs ...

. Her major portfolios included

counterterrorism Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and Intelligence agency, intelligence ...

nonproliferation Nuclear proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons to additional countries, particularly those not recognized as nuclear-weapon states by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the ''Non-Proliferation T ...

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, and other law enforcement topics. During her tenure at the Department of State, Wickett was also a special advisor at the Homeland Security Group, and an officer in the Bureau of Nonproliferation. Shortly after September 11, 2001, she was detailed from the Department of State to the Office of the Vice President (OVP) to help launch the Office of Homeland Security Affairs. Wickett is a member of the executive committee of The Pilgrims, sits on the board of trustees o
Transparency International UK
and serves on the faculty of Chatham House's Academy for Leadership in International Affairs. She stepped down as a Commissioner for the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission in summer 2022 and from the Programme Committee a
Ditchley Park
in March 2024. Previously she has sat on committees at the Council on Foreign Relations and the World Economic Forum. She has spoken, moderated and facilitated high-level discussions at events including Aspen
ONS
FT Weekend Festival and the GMF Brussels Forum. Wickett is the author of numerous articles and op-eds in publications such as

The Washington Quarterly ''The Washington Quarterly'' (abbreviated as ''TWQ'') is a magazine of international affairs covering topics and issues concerning global security, diplomatic relations, and policy implications. Founded by the Center for Strategic and Internationa ...

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...

Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe,'' also known locally as ''the Globe'', is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily new ...

Christian Science Monitor ''The Christian Science Monitor'' (''CSM''), commonly known as ''The Monitor'', is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in electronic format and a weekly print edition. It was founded in 1908 as a daily newspaper b ...

and

International New York Times ''The New York Times International Edition'' is an English-language daily newspaper distributed internationally by the New York Times Company. It has been published in two separate periods, one from 1943 to 1967 and one from 2013 to the prese ...

, and she has been interviewed on radio and television for such programs as the

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

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CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...

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Al Jazeera Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN; , ) is a private-media conglomerate headquartered in Wadi Al Sail, Doha, funded in part by the government of Qatar. The network's flagship channels include Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English, which pro ...

and the Jim Lehrer News Hour. She regularly appears on and hosts podcasts. Prior to her government service, Wickett worked in the nonprofit and private sectors in California, Israel and the West Bank, and the UK, and for

UNICEF UNICEF ( ), originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Development a ...

in New York. Wickett holds a Bachelor of Arts from

Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...

and a Masters in Public Policy from the

Harvard Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly referred to as Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), is the school of public policy of Harvard University, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Kennedy School offers master's de ...

. She also has a Certificate in Executive Coaching from Henley Business School and is a qualified ACC with the International Coaching Federation.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wickett, Xenia Living people Year of birth missing (living people) United States National Security Council staffers United States Department of State officials Harvard Kennedy School alumni Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Council and directors of Chatham House