LtCol (G.S), Dr. Juha Mäkelä is Chief of Information Technology Division at the Finnish Defence Research Agency. In addition he also works as Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) Middle East expert. His previous assignments include Visiting Researcher's post at al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo, Egypt. Between 2019 and 2022 he worked as Finland's Defence Attaché for Türkiye, Lebanon and Georgia.