Defence Financing Taskforce

RUSI’s Defence Financing Taskforce brings together the private sector and government actors needed to unlock current barriers to investment.




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Overview

Unlocking private sector financing is essential for the future of European defence investment. Bringing together its combination of military and finance expertise, RUSI’s Defence Financing Taskforce will convene the range of financial expertise - from venture capital to bank and capital markets financing - needed to identify and address the barriers that currently deter many private sector actors from financing European defence.

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Aims and objectives

RUSI's Defence Financing Taskforce will:

  • Gather cross-market financing expertise, funding, policy and regulatory experience.
  • Identify the challenges that hold back European private sector financing and markets from fully engaging with defence funding.
  • Design solutions that are implementable for relevant policy departments and financial sector regulators.

Related programmes


Defence Management and Economics
Defence Acquisition and Industrial Strategy

Our experts


Tom Keatinge

Director, CFS

Centre for Finance and Security

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Matthew Savill

Director of Military Sciences

Military Sciences

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Dr Linus Terhorst

Research Analyst

Military Sciences

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Dr Pia Hüsch

Research Fellow

Cyber and Tech

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