Hans Pung is president of RAND Europe, a not-for-profit public policy research organisation that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. With offices in Cambridge (UK), Rotterdam (NL), and Brussels (BE), RAND Europe’s staff undertakes empirical studies for public, private, and third sector clients on a diverse range of policy issues including innovation, science, health, social policy, defence, home affairs, and infrastructure.
Pung joined RAND as a policy analyst in 2002 and continues to lead and deliver research projects, particularly around industrial economics and national security policy. He has held a range of senior leadership positions in RAND Europe, including directing RAND’s European defence and security research portfolio as well as heading RAND Europe’s efforts to grow and diversify into new research areas, such as employment and education.
Prior to RAND, Pung served as an engineer officer in the United States Army with responsibility for logistics, personnel, and operations and overseas service in the United Kingdom, South Korea, and Germany. He also led the emergency power response team at the Pentagon in the aftermath of 9/11.
A mathematics graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point where he commanded the United States Corps of Cadets as a senior, Pung also holds advanced degrees in mathematical modelling and modern history from Oxford University, which he attended as a (George C.) Marshall Scholar.
