Frank Umbach is a professor, researcher, consultant, European government advisor and prolific author, with expertise in energy security and cybersecurity. He is the head of research at the European Cluster for Climate, Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) at the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS), University of Bonn; an adjunct senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at the Nanyan Technological University (NTU) in Singapore; and executive advisor of Proventis Partners GmbH, Munich. He also works as an international consultant for businesses, government institutions and international organizations on international energy security, geopolitical risks, cybersecurity and critical energy infrastructure protection, as well as security policies in Eurasia and the Asia-Pacific.