Speakers

Yan St-Pierre is a terrorism and political violence analyst with over twenty-five years of international experience. As CEO of MOSECON GmbH since 2013, he advises governments, decision and policy makers, NGOs and private companies on how to develop counter-terrorism and security strategies. Since 2019, he also works with the German “Association for security technology” (Verband für Sicherheitstechnik – VfS) as a consultant on hostile vehicle attack profiles. He published numerous articles on security issues such as sabotage trends and tactics, hostile vehicle attacks and the use of private military companies in foreign policy, and worked on research projects focusing on security in Africa as a fellow in European think tanks. His analysis is also sought by media such as the BBC, France 24, CBC or Sky News.