Lieutenant General (ret’d) Hans Werner-Wiermann

Lt. Gen. Wierman is a German Army officer who first joined the Bundeswehr in 1976. Working his way through the ranks and establishing a solid operational background, he also spent time working in the German Ministry of Defence, eventually rising to become Director of Security Policy in its Security Policy Directorate. In 2015 he assumed the role of German Military Representative to NATO and the European Union and just under four years later he became NATO’s Director General, International Military Staff. In February 2023, in the wake of the Nord Stream incident in the Baltic Sea, it was announced he would head up the newly created Critical Undersea Infrastructure Coordination Cell at NATO Headquarters, tasked with bringing together civilian and military stakeholders and engaging with industry partners.