Nick Gillard is a researcher and analyst at Project Alpha, a King’s College London initiative that works to understand and counter illicit, proliferation-related trade through research and engagement with industry, international organisations and civil society. From 2008 until 2014, Nick worked in the Australian Government’s Department of Defence as an analyst on counter-proliferation, export control, illicit trade and other national security issues. He has Bachelor's degrees in Law and History as well as a Master’s degree in History from the University of Melbourne.