Hans is a management consultant providing government agencies, critical infrastructure providers and private companies across industries with advice on establishing resilient structures and managing strategic risks. He also developed networked assessment models for public and private organizations to remain viable in an age of rapid and profound transformations. A trained intelligence officer, he served in combined NATO missions and exercises before joining the private sector where he built and managed various risk functions for multinational financial institutions in London and New York. Hans holds Masters Degrees in International Relations from the Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies, and Security Studies from Georgetown University. As a researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC he published several reports on strategic budgetary analysis and defense procurement.