Basil Gavalas

Basil Gavalas is a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur adviser to governments. He has worked with top government and business leaders across three continents and been on missions including in Iraq, Ukraine and Somaliland. Committed to a stronger West, Basil founded the Athens Defence Summit, a defence-only annual gathering backed by government, sovereign capital, and industry leaders. He serves on several international boards and heads the KRG-backed Slemani Strategic Forum’s Advisory Committee, comprising former heads of state, defence and intelligence professionals.  Basil has published op-eds, inter alia, with Newsmax, The National Interest and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). He is a co-author of War of the Machines.