Deeph Chana is a British security science and technology academic and former UK Government security adviser. He is the current Managing Director of

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...

Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic The Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) is an organisation within NATO with the aim of facilitating the development of emerging and disruptive dual-use technologies. Through a network of accelerator sites and test centr ...

(DIANA).

Education

Chana obtained an MSci and PhD in Physics at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

in 2001.

Career

Chana has worked in academia, government, and industry during his career with a particular focus on global risks and low-probability high-impact events. He has worked as a senior UK Government science policy advisor providing advice concerning security technology and the security of critical national infrastructure to COBR and four UK Secretaries of State. In particular, he advised politicians in the aftermath of the

2005 London bombings The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also referred to as 7/7, were a series of four co-ordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists that targeted commuters travelling on London's public transport during the morning rush hour. ...

and the 2006 aircraft liquid explosives plot. Chana joined

Imperial College London Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a Public university, public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a Al ...

in July 2012 as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Security Science and Technology, where he ultimately became the Director. He co-founded the cyber-security Research Institute in Trustworthy Industrial Control Systems at Imperial and became a Professor at

Imperial College Business School Imperial Business School is the business school of Imperial College London, based in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, United Kingdom. Established in 2003, the business school was opened by Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II. ...

. He was the Co-Director of the Centre for Financial Technology within the Business School also. He was the Chair of NATO's Emerging and Disruptive Technology Advisory Group before becoming the inaugural Managing Director of

DIANA Diana most commonly refers to: * Diana (name), given name (including a list of people with the name) * Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon * Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), ...

in 2023.

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