Brigadier General (Ret.) Rose Lopez Keravuori is a senior intelligence, national security, and geopolitical risk leader with three decades of U.S. Army service and extensive experience advising senior military, government, and corporate decision-makers. As Director of Intelligence (J2) for U.S. Africa Command, she led intelligence support to operations and strategic engagement across a complex security environment, drawing on all-source analysis, interagency coordination, and multinational partnerships. Her military career included deployments to Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq and a sustained focus on intelligence-informed planning and strategic decision-making.

Rose brings this operational perspective to corporate strategy, governance, and critical-minerals supply chains. She serves as Chief Strategy Officer of GCR Group, a director of Byrna Technologies (Nasdaq: BYRN), and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. She previously held a Fortune 500 business development role with profit-and-loss responsibility. Through Motive International, she helps leaders understand the intelligence cycle, evaluate geopolitical and security risks, and turn complex analysis into actionable decisions. Rose earned a Master of Studies in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Oxford and holds NACD Directorship Certification and the DCRO Institute Qualified Risk Director designation.

• Retired U.S. Army Brigadier General with 28 years of intelligence, security, and strategic leadership

• Former Director of Intelligence (J2), U.S. Africa Command, with deep Africa security and geopolitical expertise

• Operational experience in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq; extensive interagency and multinational collaboration

• Public-company director and corporate strategist with expertise in enterprise risk, governance, and critical minerals

• Oxford MSt in Diplomatic Studies; NACD Directorship Certified; DCRO Qualified Risk Director