Ethan Gallant · OSINT

Curriculum vitae

Open source intelligence practitioner with a published portfolio, a regional specialism in the Eastern Mediterranean, and bilingual Greek alongside proficient Italian.

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Three method-led OSINT case studies published under my own byline, covering sanctions enforcement, maritime verification and aviation identification. A forty page study of Chinese state-linked ownership across eleven Mediterranean container terminals, assessed against NATO logistical exposure. A Memorandum on UK posture in the Eastern Mediterranean published by the Council on Geostrategy and subsequently reported by UK Defence Journal, and two contributions to Chatham House's Common Futures programme.

Currently undertaking Knightsbridge Strategic Group's Professional Experience Intelligence Track on a Middle East portfolio, and working as a freelance research analyst for Dilitas Ltd. Undertaking the process to join 3 Military Intelligence Battalion as a Reservist.

Experience

Research Analyst, freelance

Dilitas Ltd Aug 2026 – present

Head of Communications, Summer School

Aiglon College, Switzerland Summers 2025 and 2026

Sales Administrator

Pharos Response, London Sept 2025 – Jan 2026

Work placements

Winckworth Sherwood LLP and HCR Law, London 2024 – 2025

Head of Publicity and Marketing

Exeter Engineers RFC 2023 – 2024

Also founded and led Pacexeter Run Club at the University of Exeter, 2024 to 2025, growing membership from a standing start.

Selected output

MedGraph

Dependency cascade model with an interactive viewer, separating measured weights from analyst judgement and running sensitivity analysis over the judgements. Python, SQLite, NetworkX. Code and data published.

Forty page study of Chinese state-linked ownership across eleven Mediterranean container terminals against NATO logistical exposure. Dimension-specific confidence grading and Analysis of Competing Hypotheses. Unpublished, available on request.

Council on Geostrategy, Britain's World, August 2026, reported by UK Defence Journal on 24 August 2026. Chatham House Common Futures, April and June 2026. Three OSINT case studies on Substack, June 2026.

Skills

Investigative

Companies House, BVI registries, ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database, OpenSanctions, OFAC SDN. Maltego. Geolocation, imagery verification and aviation identification. Entity resolution on partial-match records.

Analytical

Analysis of Competing Hypotheses, claim-by-claim confidence grading, explicit recording of intelligence gaps. The threat intelligence lifecycle from direction through to dissemination.

Technical

Python, used to build and publish MedGraph, including API extraction, a SQLite schema and a graph engine. SQL for querying, joining and aggregating. Kepler.gl for analytical mapping. Excel.

Languages

Bilingual English and Greek. Proficient Italian. Modern Standard Arabic begun. GCSE French.

Toolset

Geospatial and imagery. Kepler.gl for analytical mapping. Google Earth Pro, QGIS, Mapillary, KartaView, SunCalc. ExifTool, FotoForensics, Yandex, TinEye.

Tracking. ADS-B Exchange, FlightAware, MarineTraffic, IMF PortWatch.

Corporate and sanctions. Companies House, BVI registries, ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database, OpenSanctions, OFAC SDN. Maltego CE, Hunchly.

Data. Python (requests, BeautifulSoup, pandas, NetworkX), SQL and SQLite, UN Comtrade API, Excel.

Training

Education

BA (Hons) Classics with Italian, 2:1

University of Exeter 2022 – 2025

A-Levels A*AA, 10 GCSEs

St James Senior Boys' School, London

Memberships

Member, Chatham House. Member, Royal United Services Institute, and of RUSI NextGen since March 2026.