Colonel Nicolas (Nic) Gauthier is the Director of the Canadian Army Land Warfare Centre and an infantry officer in the storied Royal 22e Régiment. Since joining the Canadian Armed Forces in 1999, he has served in a wide range of tactical, operational, and strategic appointments, including Director of Expeditionary Operations at Canadian Joint Operations Command and Canada’s Defence Attaché in Kyiv during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. His previous assignments include positions at the Privy Council Office, NATO Headquarters, the Canadian Army Combat Training Centre, and command of the Infantry School. Operationally, he has deployed to Afghanistan, Israel and Syria, in both NATO and UN missions. Colonel Gauthier holds degrees from Université de Montréal, the Royal Military College of Canada, and the Quantic School of Business and Technology, and has been a Visiting Defence Fellow at Queen’s University’s Centre for International and Defence Policy.