Roger Hilton

Roger Hilton is a global affairs and defence professional. Since February 2019, he has worked at GLOBSEC in Bratislava, where he is currently a Media Presenter and Defence Fellow. Roger is responsible for foreign media relations as well as coordinating a variety of communication products. He hosts the English version of GLOBcast, GLOBSEC's flagship podcast focusing on current events and frequent Twitter Space segments. On the research level, he managed the NATO 2030: NATO- Private Sector Dialogues with GLOBSEC, where many of the dialogue recommendations were integrated into the 2021 Brussels Summit Communiqué.

Outside of work, Roger has travelled extensively and has visited the breakaway region of Transnistria, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and CAF Operation UNIFIER in Lviv, Ukraine. In May of 2022, he travelled to Kyiv amidst Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine as a member of GLOBSEC’s parliamentarian delegation. He is a graduate of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, holds a Masters Degree in Advanced International Studies, and a foreign policy certificate from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). In addition to his role at GLOBSEC, he is a 2030 NATO Global Fellow and was selected as a 2023 participant in the Manfred Wörner Seminar.