Speakers

Vance Serchuk joined KKR in 2013 and is the Executive Director of the KKR Global Institute, responsible for geopolitical analysis and strategy, and a member of the Americas Private Equity Industrials industry team, focused on aerospace and defense. Mr. Serchuk has been closely involved in KKR's investments in Hensoldt AG, United Group (SBB/Telemach), Novaria Group, CIRCOR, and Advanced Navigation, where he serves on the Board of Directors. He also serves as geopolitical advisor on the Advisory Board of Söderberg & Partners, one of the Nordic region's leading financial advisors and brokers of insurance and financial services.

Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Serchuk served as the senior national security advisor to Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Connecticut) and a professional staff member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. A former monthly columnist for the Washington Post, Mr. Serchuk's writings have also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, and Politico.

Mr. Serchuk is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University, holds a JD from Yale Law School, and was a Fulbright scholar in the Russian Federation.

A native of New York State, he is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, DC. He is a trustee of the American University of Iraq Suleimani in Iraqi Kurdistan and serves on the boards of the Afghan Future Fund, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, and the Orianne Society. He is a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve.