Jessica
Davis
Jessica Davis an international expert on terrorism and illicit financing, is President and Principal Consultant with Insight Threat Intelligence, and is President of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies. Ms. Davis began her career in intelligence analysis with the Canadian Military, then transitioned to a policy role at Global Affairs Canada before becoming a team leader with Canada’s financial intelligence unit, FINTRAC. Ms. Davis’s last role in government was as senior strategic analyst at CSIS responsible for threat financing. She now works to bring evidence-based solutions to the private and public sectors to counter illicit financing and terrorism. Jessica has published extensively in the Globe and Jessica Davis an international expert on terrorism and illicit financing, is President and Principal Consultant with Insight Threat Intelligence, and is President of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies. Ms. Davis began her career in intelligence analysis with the Canadian Military, then transitioned to a policy role at Global Affairs Canada before becoming a team leader with Canada’s financial intelligence unit, FINTRAC. Ms. Davis’s last role in government was as senior strategic analyst at CSIS responsible for threat financing. She now works to bring evidence-based solutions to the private and public sectors to counter illicit financing and terrorism. Jessica has published extensively in the Globe and Mail, Just Security, Lawfare, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Perspectives on Terrorism, Policy Options, and ICCT. She is most recently the author of Women in Modern Terrorism: From Liberations Wars to Global Terrorism and the Islamic State (2017), and Illicit Money: Financing Terrorism in the 21st Century (Lynne Rienner, 2021). She tweets at @jessmarindavis and writes at insightintel.substack.com