Daniel Hartnett

Daniel is Chief of Staff to the President of the Governance and Risk Advisory (GRA) practice. In this role, he is responsible for developing and implementing the practice’s strategy and operational initiatives. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, he led the firm’s Supply Chain Risk Management services. He joined Kroll in 2016, as part of the Compliance Risk and Diligence team. While in this role, Daniel specialized in advising corporate clients on third-party risk management.

Previously Daniel served in various positions in and out of the U.S. government, where he advised on Asia-focused defense and security issues. Most recently, he concluded a two-year assignment at the Pentagon as a special advisor to the Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Programs and Resources, where he provided analytical and research support to the senior-most U.S. Marine Corps officer responsible for the service’s $24 billion budget. Prior to this, he worked as a research scientist for CNA, where he directed large, complex research projects on China’s military and security developments on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Daniel also served as the Senior Policy Analyst for Military Affairs at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a Congressional body mandated with investigating the security implications of the bilateral U.S.-China relationship.

Daniel began his career serving in the U.S. Army, where he supported U.S. military operations during the various conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. He speaks several foreign languages and has attended advanced language training for Chinese, German, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian.