Hugo Rosemont

Biography

Dr Hugo Rosemont is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence (CDS) within the Department of War Studies at King’s College London (KCL).

He serves as Vice Chair of the UK Security and Resilience Industry Suppliers’ Community (RISC), in which capacity he served as Acting Chair throughout 2025. Between 2022-24, he served as an original member of the Police Science Council formed under the auspices of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC).

Previously, he served as a Principal for Defence, National Security and Public Safety Policy at Amazon Web Services; Director of Policy and Public Affairs at KBR Inc.; Director - Security and Resilience at the ADS group, the UK’s premier trade organisation for the Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space industries; Policy Adviser on Crime and Security issues at the British Retail Consortium; and as Teaching Fellow and Assistant Director at CDS. Earlier in his career, Hugo served at ADS for the first time as a Policy Adviser, and as Security Executive at the winning London 2012 Olympic bid team.

Hugo was awarded his PhD from King's in April 2015 with a thesis that reassessed the origins, characteristics and consequences of the private sector’s involvement in the UK counter-terrorism strategy after 9/11. He also holds Masters degrees in European Politics from London Birkbeck University and International Security Studies from the University of St Andrews, for which he was awarded a distinction in 2006.

Publications (selected)

'Beyond tactical tech: private sector engagement after the Defence Industrial Strategy' in Hillary Briffa and Joe Devanny (Eds) National Security under Labour: Strategy in an era of radical uncertainty (Palgrave, 2026; forthcoming)

'How can a new government work better with the private sector on defence and national security?', KCL School of Security Studies Insight (July 2024)

War in Ukraine and the private sector', Binding Hook (March 2024)

Private Sector Engagement after the Integrated Review' in John Gearson and Joe Devanny (Eds) The Integrated Review in Context: Defence and Security in Focus (October 2021)

Institutions

King’s College London

UK Security and Resilience Industry Suppliers’ Community (RISC)

Police Science Council of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC)

ADS Group

Topics

Security Privatisation

National Security Strategy

Counter-Terrorism

Digital Security and Resilience

National Security Technology