Andrew B. Hersh

Andrew Hersh is the National Security Practice Leader at Newfront, where he advances innovative risk management strategies for defense, national security, and national critical infrastructure organizations.  He also chairs Governance Risk Global (GRG), the advisory firm he founded, and previously founded and built Sigma7 into the leading independent global risk services platform.

He has served as Special Risk Advisor to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Acting Director for ARPA‑E and has held senior fellow roles at George Washington University’s Center for Cyber & Homeland Security and Auburn University’s McCrary Institute. Hersh serves on the Board of Directors of Business Executives for National Security (BENS).