Professor James Henry Bergeron

Jim Bergeron is Managing Director for Global Defence and Security at Forefront Advisers, having served as Senior Advisor since February and advising extensively on the military and financial implications of the US-Iran war, NATO-Russia and NATO-US relations, European defence spending and procurement and arrange of other key issues. This follows a career in NATO, the US Government Service, academic and the US Navy. Jim served as Political Advisor to the Commander, NATO Allied Maritime Command in Northwood, United Kingdom from 2013-2025 and before that, the Political Adviser to Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO from July 2005. He has advised ten senior US and NATO Commanders at 3* and 4* level in the fields of maritime and joint operations. He served as POLAD to EUCOM Commander Joint Task Force Lebanon during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah Conflict and from March until July 2011 as the Political Advisor to Commander NATO Operation Unified Protector in support of UNSCR 1973 operations in