Speaker

Mark Kelton is a retired senior U.S. intelligence executive and advisor with more than three decades of experience in intelligence operations, counterintelligence, and global security challenges. He current serves on the Siemens Government Technologies Advisory Board. During a 34-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency, Kelton served in a wide range of leadership roles, including more than sixteen years overseas. He completed four assignments as Chief of Station in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and Pakistan, gaining deep, firsthand insight into how intelligence supports national security in complex and contested environments. Kelton concluded his CIA career as Chief of the Counterintelligence Center, where he led the team that protected the nation’s most closely guarded secrets. He is the recipient of numerous awards and commendations, including the CIA Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal, CIA Intelligence Medal of Merit, and Presidential Rank Award, among others. Following his government service, Kelton became a founding partner of the Five Eyes Group and Director of MEK & Associates. In these roles, he advises senior executives and brings together the private and public sectors to solve complex national security challenges.