The National Liaison Representatives are uniformed military or civilian nationals appointed by their nation’s government to NATO in a national capacity. The NLRs provide Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation with national viewpoints and information from national sources, and serve as a channel of communication between HQ SACT and their national authorities.
There is a clear advantage in having National Liaison Representatives collocated with Supreme Allied Commander Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia, as the transformation processes continue to develop. Early involvement by nations has been of mutual benefit for Allied Command Transformation, NATO, and the senior defence leadership of nations involved.
NATO National Liaison Representatives listed alphabetically by nation:
ALBANIA - Colonel Edmond Sardi, Albanian Army
BELGIUM - Colonel Francis Pierard, Belgian Army
BULGARIA - Deputy: Lieutenant Colonel Iliya Proykov, Bulgarian Air Force
CANADA - Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Francois Galant, Canadian Air Force
Deputy: Major Adam Houghtaling, Canadian Army
CROATIA - Colonel Mato Matanovic, Croatian Army
CZECH REPUBLIC - Colonel Josef Nejedly, Czech Army
DENMARK - Brigadier General Bo Engelbreth, Danish Army
Deputy - Lieutenant Colonel Joern Petersen, Danish Army
ESTONIA - Brigadier General Toomas Susi, Estonian Air Force
FINLAND - Captain Tuomo Mero, Finnish Navy
Deputy - Major Tommi Myyrylaeinen, Finnish Army
FRANCE - Colonel Antoine Fleuret, French Army
Deputy - Colonel Olivier Saunier, French Air and Space Force
GERMANY - Colonel Stephan Pillmeier, German Air Force
Deputy - Lieutenant Colonel Lars Sigismund, German Army
GREECE - Colonel Vasileios Kotsonas, Hellenic Air Force
Deputy – Lieutenant Colonel Nikolaos Danias, Hellenic Army
HUNGARY - Brigadier General Tamas Zsiga, Hungarian Air Force
Deputy - Lieutenant Colonel Zsolt Zsivko, Hungarian Air Force
ICELAND - Mrs. Alfrun Perla Baldursdottir, Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ITALY - Colonel Rocco Losito, Italian Air Force
LATVIA - Colonel Janis Kolosovskis, Latvian Army
LITHUANIA - Colonel Andrius Paliusis, Lithuanian Army
LUXEMBOURG - Vacant
MONTENEGRO - Colonel Nedzad Rujovic, Montenegrin Army
THE NETHERLANDS - Captain Wiggert Vooijs - Royal Netherlands Navy
NORTH MACEDONIA - Colonel Marjan Milenkovski - North Macedonia Army
Deputy - Colonel Ivan Atanasoski - North Macedonia Air Force
NORWAY - Colonel Lina Kongshavn, Norwegian Air Force
Deputy - Lieutenant Colonel Gard Shanks Andersen, Norwegian Air Force
POLAND - Colonel Jaroslaw Tomaszewski, Polish Air Force
Deputy - Colonel Miroslaw Labecki, Polish Army
PORTUGAL - Colonel Antonio Grilo, Portuguese Army
ROMANIA - Colonel Gabriel Toma, Romanian Army
Deputy - Lieutenant Colonel Sorin-Alexandru Catană, Romanian Air Force
SLOVAKIA - Colonel Jaroslav Didik, Slovakian Air Force
Deputy - Lieutenant Colonel Dusan Pollak, Slovakian Army
SLOVENIA - Colonel Andrej Indof, Slovenian Army
SPAIN - Colonel Enrique Domínguez, Spanish Army
Deputy - Lieutenant Colonel Luis Olalla Simón, Spanish Air Force
SWEDEN - Captain Carl David Philipson, Swedish Navy
TÜRKIYE - Major Sait Oguz (Deputy, acting), Turkish Air Force
UNITED KINGDOM - Group Captain David Turner, Royal Air Force
Deputy - Lieutenant David Brichford, Royal Navy
UNITED STATES - Colonel Stephen Thibodeau, United States Army
Civilian Deputy (Acting) - Ms Tonia Williams, United States Department of Defense
Partnership for Peace National Liaison Representatives listed alphabetically by nation:
AUSTRIA - Colonel Robin Hillinger, Austrian Army
AZERBAIJAN - Vacant
GEORGIA - Vacant
SWITZERLAND - Lieutenant Colonel Andre Stirnimann, Swiss Army
UKRAINE – Vacant
NATO Interface:
HQ NLR Interface – Lieutenant Commander Denise Walton, United States Navy