PROTECTIVE INTELLIGENCE NETWORK - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board

Job Titles:

• Director
• Advisory Board Chairman / Managing Director

Angelo Bani joined the Italian National Police in 1986 as a Police Constable and had moved up the ranks to become a Police Senior Chief Inspector within Criminal Investigation Depts, and working at the Central Directorate of Criminal Police in Rome, seconded to the INTERPOL, International Criminal Police Organisation as a Criminal Intelligence Officer. He was Manager of the INTERPOL Counter Terrorism Fusion Task Force within the Public Safety and Terrorism sub directorate, dealing with terrorism and counter terrorism information in the Asian-Pacific region. (FTF project Pacific). He was also appointed as a Counter Terrorism Capacity Building Officer for Asia and Africa within the INTERPOL Capacity Building and Training Directorate. He has spent several years as Specialised Officer at the INTERPOL General Secretariat in Lyon (France), dealing with border management projects and before at a United Nation specialised Agency in Rome as Security Assistant. He was previously Head of Detective Units at the Italian National Police Criminal Investigation departments. His international experience with INTERPOL includes investigative missions in India, Iraq, Pakistan, Cambodia, Laos, Timor Leste, Thailand, Colombia and Salvador. He represented INTERPOL at a number of international conferences, organised training courses in the Asia- Pacific region and Central Africa and published a restricted secure website related to CT information and OSINT for the use of CT Officers and analysts. During the years 2010 and 2011, he was invited as instructor and course mentor in the Counter Terrorism Program organised by the Australian Federal Police for the benefit of the Special Department of Investigation of the Ministry of Justice in Bangkok, Thailand and units of the Royal Thai Police, following during the years 2012 - 2021 as law enforcement trainer within specific SE Asian regional programs of UNODC and IOM. During the last 9 years Mr. Bani was also a visiting lecturer at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at NTU University in Singapore in the frame of their Terrorism Analysts Course. He has a technical diploma in Hotel Management and completed his studies at the Italian National Police School and the Italian National Police Academy. He owns a certificate on Terrorism Studies from Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, the University of St. Andrews, UK, and a certified course on Political Philosophy at Oxford University, UK. He obtained an MSc on International Criminal Justice from University of Portsmouth, UK, and a second Masters in Strategic Studies at RSIS, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is a former member of the International Counter Terrorism Officer Association of New York and the Foreign Anti-Narcotic and Crime Community of Bangkok. Currently, Mr. Bani is the Director of Protective Intelligence Network in Singapore, and security advisor for major organisations in Europe.

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• Member of the Advisory Board
• Advisory Council of Harvard Business Review
• Director of Global Risk Assessments at Worldaware International Inc

Danny Chan went on to become Director of Global Risk Assessments at Worldaware International Inc. which provided operational intelligence and enterprise risk management solutions to 900 of the Fortune 2000 companies, numerous government and non-governmental agencies. Danny was being regularly interviewed on major news network like Channel News Asia and The Straits Times. Chan then went on to become Regional Director, Global Risk Management for Marriott International Inc. where he handled numerous crisis spanning manmade ones like terrorism attacks to natural disasters like earthquakes to major events like the Olympic Games. Danny was Senior Consultant, Security Monitoring and Response, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa for Mastercard International Inc. before transiting into his current role of Regional Security Officer for Asia Pacific. Danny Chan currently sits on the advisory council of Harvard Business Review, is Senior Regional Vice President of Region 13 for ASIS International Asia Pacific, helps to lead the Asia Analyst Roundtable and is board member of Certified Counter Terrorism Professional Board. In his free time, Mr. Chan volunteers as an Associate Mediator with Singapore Mediation Centre & Small Claims Tribunals of the Subordinate Courts of Singapore and runs his own micro social initiative organization "Making a Difference".

Job Titles:

• MEMBER of the ADVISORY BOARD

Dr. Amalia Verdu Sanmartin is a Spanish lawyer currently working as a researcher at the Faculty of Law at the University of Turku in Finland. Her expertise lies in exploring the intersection of law and societal progress, with a particular focus on disrupting harmful and outdated legal knowledge and practices in the digital age. Amalia Verdu Sanmartin has published several articles and works that contribute to the field's collective knowledge. Her research output showcases her dedication to critically examining existing legal norms and exploring innovative perspectives that promote equality, diversity, and inclusivity within society. As part of her involvement with the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (Finland), Amalia Verdu Sanmartin is engaged in a project entitled "The Person on the Edge: Disrupting Normative Legal Knowledge in the Digital Age." Through this project, she investigates how digital advancements are reshaping traditional legal frameworks and seeks to identify and challenge harmful legal knowledge. By fostering an understanding of the dynamic nature of the legal landscape, she empowers individuals to navigate the future with confidence, transforming potential harmful influences into constructive forces.

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• Member of the Advisory Board
• Chartered Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Malkanthi Hettiarachchi is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and counterterrorism instructor. She completed her Ph.D. in Policing Intelligence and Counter Terrorism at the Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Job Titles:

• Lecturer
• Member of the Advisory Board
• Acting Director of the Forensic Medicine Unit of the University Hospital of Careggi

Dr. Martina Focardi, graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Florence, Italy, with a grade of 110/110 and honors; in 2005 she specialized in Forensic Medicine, with vote 70/70 and praise. Dr. Martina Focardi provides specialised consultancy activities for the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Civil, Criminal Court and the Juvenile Court, of numerous Italian province. She also carries out didactic activities in forensic medicine at study courses for the attainment of a university degree, degree or specialization, or at schools for the training of health personnel. Dr. Focardi is lecturer in numerous II level Masters for the following topics: forensic pathology, post-mortem identification, age assessment in living people. From 2004 to date, Dr. Focardi has presented over 70 reports on forensic medicine at national and international congresses and conferences, and over 80 scientific publications.

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• Member of the Advisory Board
• Adjunct Professor at the Department of Health Sciences

Dr. Vittoria Doretti is a distinguished professional with a remarkable career in various fields of expertise. She holds the esteemed title of Officer of the Order of the Merit of the Republic (O.M.R.I.), the highest honour of the Italian Republic, a recognition of her outstanding contributions to society.

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• Member of the Advisory Board

Ms. Kuteesa is a highly decorated professional with extensive experience in managing work plans at national, regional, and global levels. Skilled in providing leadership in realigning global strategic priorities with regional initiatives to strengthen program implementation at the local level. She is currently Advisor for the President of Uganda for police and security matters. Until 2018, Elizabeth Kuteesa was Director, Strategic Planning Directorate of the International Criminal Police Organisation, INTERPOL, in Lyon, France, supervising and coordinating formulation and implementation of regional strategies and business plans for Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe, in cooperation with national law enforecement and intelligence agencies. Between 2012 and 2017, always at INTERPOL, Ms Kuteesa was Director Global Outreach and Regional Support Services, supervising five sub-directorates in Lyon and seven INTERPOL regional bureaus in Europe, Africa, and Latin America. In Uganda, previous to the international committment with INTERPOL, Ms. Kuteesa was the national Director of the Criminal Investigations Directorate of the Uganda Police, leading the activities of the Criminal Investigations Directorates. Elizabeth Kuteesa hold a Master's degree in Criminology from Keele University in United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Makerere University in Uganda. Ms. Kuteesa was awarded the prestigious Golden Jubilee Medal by the President of Uganda for outstanding contribution to service to the country (2014) and she is the recipient of a Medal for Distinguished Service by the President of Colombia (2013).

Job Titles:

• Advisory Board Member / Executive Security
• Managing Director of the Security Company
• Officer With the Initial Official 's Rank of Police Lieutenant

Eric FRATI joined the French National Police in 1982 as a Police officer with the initial Official's rank of Police Lieutenant. During his 35 years of career in the national police force, Frati had moved up the ranks and, as Police Captain, he was selected to become Head of Security for French Embassy in Lebanon, following, as Police Major, to command the elite units of the French National Police, - "Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale" - in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France, a tactical unit of the national police, nowadays known as RAID - Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion (RAID). In 2008 he was selected by the Head of the French National Police to be seconded to INTERPOL as Assistant Director, Head of Global Security for the Organisation. During his tenure at the INTERPOL Headquarters, Frati was in charge of the security of the Secretary General, VIP, INTERPOL Staff, and the premises of the Organisation in Lyon, and in numerous Regional Bureaus in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In this position he also supervised threat analysis reports, and accomplished security audits.| FRATI represented INTERPOL at a number of international conferences, and was also involved in numerous security audits for other international Organisations. Moroever, his international experience with INTERPOL includes numerous investigative missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Niger, Lybia , Syria, Lebanon and Salvador. During the six years he was at the helm of INTERPOL Security at the INTERPOL General Secretariat in Lyon Frati created two important training's curriculums for the organization:

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board

Fabrizio Rossi, is a former Lieutenent of the Carabinieri Corps specialised in Cultural Heritage Protection. He recently retired from the Carabinieri with special mention of "honourable service given". With studies centered in Humanistic Science, History of Art and Artistic Techniques, Rossi entered the Arma dei Carabinieri, a renown Italian gendarmerie corps, and had moved up the ranks, working with the Carabinieri Task Force for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Rome. During his career he was actively involved in operational investigations and activities at national and international level. He mainteined constant contacs and close cooperation with Rossi has been actively involved in the Carabinieri's Stolen Cultural Works of Art Database - improving the technical/scientific knowledge of heritage protection and research methodologies, with the aim to identify cultural objects, the dissemination and information exchange with police corps, supporting criminal investigations, through daily contacts with art historian and archaeologists worldwide. Rossi worked as Specialised Officer within the Works of Art Unit of INTERPOL General Secretariat in Lyon (France) and accomplished several investigative missions in different regions of the world, supporting important recovery of precious stolen works of art. Nowadays, Fabrizio Rossi provides expert support in fake and stolen art investigations for the benefit of organisations and private individuals in Europe.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board
• Member of the INTERPOL Major Incidents Response Team
• Senior Counterterrorism Expert

Hossam Abdellatif is a senior counterterrorism expert, with more than 30 years of experience in the field of law enforcement investigaton at the national, regional, and international levels. For two decades, Mr. Abdellatif served within the Egyptian Police force, with appointments in various departments, in prevalence in Criminal Investigation departments (CID). As a Counter-Terrorism Criminal Intelligence Officer and Project Manager for the Middle East and North Africa at INTERPOL Organization for over 14 years, Mr. Abdellatif initiated and monitored numerous large-scale projects aiming to improve the global response to cross-border security challenges, through the planification, organization and coordination of more than 150 activities and training courses dedicated to capacity building, especially in the field of counter terrorism investigations. Working alongside various international civilian and law enforcement partners, Mr. Abdellatif supported the implementation of the organization's strategy to combat terrorism, transnational organized crime and illicit trafficking in firearms, thus contributing to the enhancement of national operational and technical counterterrorism capacities and the development of a pool of counterterrorism experts in member countries. As a member of the INTERPOL Major Incidents Response Team, Mr. Abdellatif supported the investigation od complex terrorist attacks in several countries, gathered and shared intelligence information, especially on so-called foreign terrorist fighters (IS FF), and contributed to the development of targeted policy recommendations and comprehensive counterterrorism strategies. In order to bolster regional cooperation and improve the efficiency of law enforcement efforts in tackling cross-border terrorism via collective security mechanisms and information exchanges, Mr. Abdellatif contributed to the organization of joint field operations, regional workshops and thematic conferences. He was also the initiator and chairman of the INTERPOL Counter-Terrorism Committee for the Middle East and North Africa, with the participation of multilateral organizations such as several UN and EU security agencies, the Arab League, and the NATO. Throughout his career, Mr. Abdellatif developed an extended network with the top-level management within the Ministries of Interior of several countries, in addition to diverse law enforcement agencies. Mr. Abdellatif is currently serving as an International Law Enforcement Border Control Expert at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Job Titles:

• Advisory Board Member / Financial

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board
• Independent Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Specialist
• Investigator, Researcher, Trainer, and Project Manager

Justin Gosling is an independent law enforcement and criminal justice specialist drawing upon over 25 years of relevant experience. As a British police detective, Justin investigated serious and serial crimes, developing complex cases from intelligence to prosecution, frequently using covert intelligence-led techniques. During his service he served on a number of specialist units and was twice awarded Chief Constable's Commendations. For over a decade, Justin has worked as an investigator, researcher, trainer, and project manager, delivering projects for leading non-governmental and inter-governmental organisations, including several United Nations agencies and the CITES Secretariat, focusing on illicit trafficking of wildlife and people. From 2010 to 2012 he served as a Criminal Intelligence Officer on INTERPOL's Environmental Security Directorate covering Asia and the Pacific, coordinating global wildlife crime operations and assisting countries to exchange criminal intelligence. He has directly supported law enforcement agencies and government departments across Africa, Asia, Australasia, and Europe. With an interest in developing international policy and practical responses to organised crime, Justin has conducted national capacity assessments, developed national counter- wildlife crime action plans, and written and contributed to many key publications including Transnational Crime Threat Assessments, the ICCWC Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit, and Indicators of Effective Enforcement. He is a member of the UK Defra Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund Advisory Group. He holds a master's degree in International Criminal Justice, focusing on the effectiveness of anti-poaching strategies to combat the trafficking of elephant ivory.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board

Ludovic Etienne has 20 years' experience in security and risk management in EMEA and APAC. His multidisciplinary profile enabled him to work for a wide variety of actors (companies - small and large in Oil&Gas industry, consulting firm, companies' network, Information Systems Management and Government) acquiring a solid transversal experience in security management from Corporate to Operational Levels. In 1995, after graduation in Social Sciences, Etienne served for six years as an infantry parachute officer in the French Army. He then graduated of an Executive Master in Information Systems Management delivered by HEC and MINESTech Paris, France. He joined the large companies network CIGREF as research officer for the CAC40 CIOs and also initiated the first studies about competitive intelligence versus information system management. In 2006, Etienne joined the Oil & Gas Industry in Nigeria, first as Cost and Project Control Manager for Prezioso Linjebygg on the liquefied gas plant project of Bonny Island, and then in 2008 for the French security consultancy company Risk&Co for an embedded role as Corporate Security Adviser for Total Energies Nigeria. Until 2014, he developed in the oil&gas French company numerous security competences (threat and risk analysis, method and conception, audit, security engineering, crisis management …) in support of top-management and operations. In a challenging security environment (violence, criminality, inter-religious clashes and community issues, maritime piracy, kidnapping and terrorism), Mr. Etienne was involved in the regular crisis management situations. During these years, the screening and the security evaluation of different working and accommodation locations have been among his direct responsibilities. Until 2016, Etienne made his security knowledge available for the benefit of oil & gas engineering projects, port facilities and critical infrastructures in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman). This experience enabled him to acquire competences of the American Petroleum Institute Methodology (API780). Known for his expertise in Security Methodologies, he was tasked by TotalEnergies Corporate Security to develop and implement the Group Security Management System in 11 Western Europe Affiliates of the Company. Since 2019, he is the Country Security Adviser and Manager for TotalEnergies Myanmar. In the last period of time in Myanmar, Etienne has managed the important security crisis prompted by the 2021 military coup d'etat. Since 2023 Ludovic Etienne is working on risk mitigation activities in Iraq.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board
• Chief of Security of IFAD

Mr Antonio KAMIL MIKHAIL is a retired Police Senior Superintendent of the Italian national police (Polizia di Stato). He served in Criminal Police Departments of the Ministry of Interior in Italy and was appointed as Liaison Officer at the ICPO Interpol General Secretariat in Lyon, France, before being deployed as a security professional in United Nations missions. Within the UN system, he worked as Field Safety Adviser for UNHCR posted in Egypt and Iraq, then as member of UNHCR Emergency Response Teams deployed in humanitarian crisis areas and as Senior Investigation Officer with UNHCR Office of the Inspector General. During his seven-year period with UNHCR, Mr Kamil Mikhail undertook several emergency missions to Africa, Asia, the Middle east and the Balkans. Mr Kamil Mikhail served for ten years Chief of Security of IFAD (UN specialised agency) in Rome and for one year as interim Chief of HQ Security in FAO (UN specialised agency). During this period, Mr Kamil Mikhail was member of the UN Inter-Agency Security Management Network and chair OF the UN Working Group of Safety and was also deployed as UN Hostage Negotiator. Mr Kamil Mikhail is graduated in Political science and has received a full-course training as a police officer in the Ministry of Interior training facilities. He is co-author of a Manual on Security for NGOs and Humantarian entities (Linee Guida sulla Sicurezza dei Lavoratori Umanitari e dei Viaggiatori nelle Aree a Rischio, L'Harrmattan Torino 2011), has contributed to UNHCR Negotiation Handbook issued in 2004 and published various articles on security for Humanitarian actors.

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• Member of the Advisory Board

Francesco Donato is graduated in Law and qualified to practice as a lawyer; he obtained a specialization in Forensic Criminalistics at the Italian National Police Academy in Rome. Police Colonel, and former director of the Regional Forensic police Center in Tuscany, he currently works as a consultant in forensic sciences, in particular in the field of ballistics, fraudolent documents and graphic analysis. He is included in the Register of Experts of the Court of Florence, with his office in Florence, Italy.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board
• Adjunct Professor at Luiss Business School
• Director of the Master Course on Intelligence & Security at Link Campus University
• Security Director of ENI

Umberto Saccone, Director of the Master course on Intelligence & Security at Link Campus University and Adjunct Professor at Luiss Business School in Rome, served in the Carabinieri, one of Italy's main law enforcement agencies, and the Italian Intelligence Service 'SISMI' for 33 years. Within the Italian intelligence service, Saccone covered different important positions; he was initially Manager in the Counter-Intelligence Division, and successively become Director of the Operation Center in the Italian capital, Rome. Head of the Asia Department and Deputy Director of the External Relations Office During his time abroad he held operational positions in various countries in the Middle East and in Europe. In 2006, Saccone became the Security Director of ENI, the Italian multinational oil and gas company, one of the seven "supermajor" oil companies in the world, with operations in 66 countries. In April 2017, he was appointed sole director of Port Authority Security for the seaports of Civitavecchia, Fiumicino and Gaeta in Italy. Besides the important academic role, Dr. Saccone is currently Senior Advisor - Europe West Leader Employee & Physical assets (EPA) Security Risk Management of the renown Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY). During is career, Saccone has written numerous articles for different newspapers and specialised magazines, and authored books including "La security aziendale nell'ordinamento italiano", published by Il Sole 24 Ore in 2011, "Governare il rischio - Un sistema di Security Management", published by Aracne in November 2014, and "Protocollo S - Sequestro di persona", also published by Aracne in 2019.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board
• Expert

Ray Chan is a Asian transnational organized crime expert with over 25 years of related experience. With the Hong Kong Police Force for 20 years, Ray has headed various intelligence and investigations units as a detective chief inspector, directing investigations and intelligence-led operations against serious and transnational organized crimes. From 2009 to 2012 he was seconded to INTERPOL Liaison Office in Bangkok, Thailand, as the regional specialist and acting chief, coordinating law enforcement cooperation, intelligence sharing, operations and trainings for countries in Southeast Asia targeting transnational organised crimes. He has also worked closely with inter-governmental organizations including United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on capacity building for law enforcement agencies. From 2017 to 2018, Ray was the regional advisor for Wildlife Conservation Society responsible for counter wildlife trafficking activities in Asia. He has started to run his own security consultancy in Cambodia since 2018, working closely with the national police on security issues and trainings.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board

Sanjay Kaushik, CFE, ARVP ASIS International Region 13 A, Former Chairman ASIS International, Chapter 207, India and Managing Director Netrika Consulting India Pvt Ltd, is a recognised ex-pert in Fraud Risk Management, Corporate Security Consulting, Risk Assessment, Investiga-tions, Anti Counterfeit Strategies, with over 26 years of experience including working as Chief Operating Officer of one of the largest Risk Consulting Firm. Netrika, under the leadership of Mr. Kaushik has won the ‘Most successful Risk consulting company 2018'. Sanjay has been conferred with "Fraud investigator of the year 2017" by Wealth & Fi-nance International, U K. He is the proud Recipient of Prestigious "Investigation Professional of the year 2012" Award in the 7th Security Leadership Summit.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board

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Terrance McGovern is a thirty-five year veteran of the New York City Police Department. He served in many positions during his tenure. His varied experience includes Command Center operations, major event security, as well as response to and recovery from disaster events. His last assignment, in the Intelligence Bureau included a six year secondment to the international police organization Interpol. At Interpol his duties focused on terrorism, major event security, and maritime security. Terrance is a resident of New York City. He is the holder of a Bachelor of Science degree from NYS Regents College. He is also a graduate of the prestigious FBI National Academy in Quantico.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Advisory Board

Job Titles:

• MEMBER of the ADVISORY BOARD
• Senior Intelligence Expert

Mr. Winslow is a senior Intelligence expert, with more than 35 years of experience in the fields of Intelligence analysis and Intelligence operations at the Strategic, Operational and Tactical levels. For 22 years, Mr. Winslow served with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) within the Canadian Forces Intelligence Branch where he was a subject matter expert in Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) and Land Electronic Warfare (LEW) and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), holding various positions from Senior Intelligence Analysis to Leading Tactical Electronic Warfare Teams operationally on a variety of deployments. Having left the CAF and taking on a new role in private industry. Mr. Winslow specialized in providing bespoke Intelligence Training Development, Training and Consulting to a wide variety of international customers at the National level in Canada, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Japan. This involves delivering training and analytical solutions and assisting in Change Management and the development both internal and external processes and procedures. Mr. Winslow relocated into New Zealand to undertake a Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Analysis leadership role by training, developing, and operating a GEOINT Support Team for New Zealand Defence Intelligence (NZDI) of the New Zealand Defence Force, providing Operational and Strategic support to other international partnership agencies. Mr. Winslow's experience in Intelligence Analysis and attitude of embracing technological changes/advancements/methodologies, has since led to providing additional bespoke and customized training, analytical and change management (CM) solutions in Open-Source (OSINT), Geospatial (GEOINT) and Technical Intelligence (TECHINT) to a wide range of audiences globally; from Counter-Terrorism (CT), Counter-Insurgency Operations (CIO), Force Structure, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster relief (HADR), Competitive Intelligence and Threat monitoring. Mr. Winslow is a graduate of a variety of National Leadership, Management and Intelligence Analysis specialist programs in Canada, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), United States Government (USG), United Kingdom Armed Forces and other programs abroad.

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• Member of the Advisory Board
• Intelligence Analyst

Mr. Lippert is a senior criminal intelligence analyst and PhD candidate, with more than 25 years of experience in the fields of crime intelligence and defense policy analysis. For six years he worked in various jobs for the US Department of Defense, including for the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Hart-Rudman Commission. At DIA, he was an all-source strategic counterdrug analyst focusing on South America. He left the US to work for INTERPOL in Lyon, France, where he had a variety of tasks as a crime intelligence analyst for terrorism, organized crime, major event security and threats, and general transnational crime. Among his many focus areas were nuclear terrorism and trafficking and terrorism in Southeast and East Asia. The latter work was done while based in INTERPOL's headquarters in Singapore. His other INTERPOL work including developing and delivering crime analysis training to police officers and analysts, facilitating and promoting INTERPOL's crime analysis capabilities through database development and developing new analytical methods, and managing analytical projects. Mr. Lippert represented INTERPOL in many international forums and worked closely with law enforcement officers and subject matter experts in international organizations around the world. Mr. Lippert is currently pursuing a PhD at Leiden University, Netherlands, focused on conventional arms control in Europe and is a frequent publisher in academic and defense journals. He is also a non-resident fellow in the Brussels-based Global Governance Institute. Mr. Lippert is graduate of American University and Georgetown University, both in Washington, DC. He is a US, Irish, and Vietnamese national.