Mia Regler

Results-driven Intelligence Analyst with over six years of strategic, operational and tactical experience delivering intelligence support within secure UK defence environments. Proven expertise in counterintelligence, threat analysis and crisis response across high-tempo and kinetic operational theatres. Demonstrated ability to advise senior leadership, identify emerging threats, and lead intelligence operations in sensitive and discreet environments.

Experienced in developing junior analysts, building international partnerships, and delivering mission-critical intelligence products to support operational success.

Experience in multi-source intelligence analysis using open-source and classified data.

Cultural Liaison Officer & Intelligence Advisor, UK Defence Section - British Embassy - Abu Dhabi

(2026-01)

Act as key cultural liaison and intelligence advisor supporting UK defence engagement across the Gulf region, including Yemen and the Maldives. Advise senior leadership on regional developments, security threats and cultural dynamics to enhance defence cooperation and discreet operations. Contribute to contingency planning and crisis response activity, maintaining comprehensive oversight of the intelligence picture across the Arabian Peninsula.

Liaise regularly with Bahraini, Saudi, Emirati, Kuwaiti, UK and US defence partners. Collaborate with host-nation stakeholders and elements of the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) to enhance intelligence sharing and bilateral relationships. Delivered timely-results whilst facing imminent kinetic threats during ongoing regional conflict.

Specialist Intelligence Analyst - Ministry of Defence - Hereford

(2024-12)

Lead intelligence analyst for the Arabian Peninsula within one of the Ministry of Defence's highest tempo organisations. Supervise and mentor junior analysts, leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality intelligence outputs. Translate intelligence data into actionable strategic recommendations for senior leadership and cross-government stakeholders.

Manage crisis response and counter-terrorism intelligence projects within defined scope, risk and timeline parameters. Conduct in-depth threat analysis, trend monitoring and pattern identification relating to militant activity and regional instability. Maintain intelligence management systems and operational record-keeping.

Regional Liaison Advisor, Al Udeid Air Base - UK Defence Section - Doha

(2025-03 - 2025-06)

Selected to deploy and establish a new liaison function with limited resources and direction. Built strong relationships with partner force elements, including senior leadership. Enabled enhanced intelligence sharing to support discreet operations and improve situational awareness in a hostile security environment. Provided intelligence planning guidance to a Very High Readiness (VHR) UK Defence unit in a fast-paced operational setting.

Operational Intelligence Support Analyst, Erbil Air Base - UK Defence Section - Erbil

(2023-07 - 2024-01)

Embedded within a British Headquarters alongside multinational defence partners, monitoring and delivering real-time intelligence assessments. Produced threat assessments enabling safe movement and high-level engagements for deployed personnel. Operated at a rank above appointment level, briefing audiences from junior soldiers to 3* commanders.

Developed expertise in air threat analysis and Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS). Integrated open-source and classified intelligence to inform commander decision-making processes.

Strategic Intelligence Advisor - NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) - Gloucester

(2022-04 - 2024-11)

Worked within a multinational NATO headquarters supervising intelligence workflows in support of NATO operations. Delivered executive-level briefings and thematic intelligence studies to senior defence and diplomatic personnel. Operated across tactical, operational and strategic levels of defence. Independently deployed to Iraqi Kurdistan as Operational Intelligence Support Analyst (6 months).

BA (Hons) - Politics & International Relations - University of the West of England (2017-09 - 2020-06)