Christopher Collison

Christopher Collison

Christopher Collison

Founder & Director

Christopher Collison is the Founder & Director of Hoverla Advisory, where he advises international partners navigating Ukraine’s defense, resilience, and recovery sectors and helps Ukrainian organizations engage international audiences, partners, and funders. Based in Kyiv, he brings 15 years of experience across strategic communications, partnerships, program delivery, research, and business development in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. His work has included leadership roles for international programs supported by USAID, the UK’s FCDO, and European agencies, as well as defense analysis initiatives, journalism, and political research. Christopher combines deep contextual knowledge with practical experience connecting Ukrainian and international partners.

  • Why We Are Building Hoverla Advisory

    In the fifth year of the full-scale war, Ukraine is increasingly seen as something many of us here have known it to be for a long time: an indispensable security partner, a center of technological innovation, and a place where real-world experience is shaping the future of allied defense, resilience, and democratic cooperation. Governments,…

    Why We Are Building Hoverla Advisory

  • How Localization Is Reshaping Ukraine’s Defense and Dual-Use Industry

    In the early stages of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s defense technology sector was driven by urgency. The priority was clear: assemble commercially available components into usable systems and get them to the frontline as fast as possible. This rapid, decentralized approach helped Ukraine meet immediate battlefield needs, but it also meant manufacturers were heavily…

    How Localization Is Reshaping Ukraine’s Defense and Dual-Use Industry

  • From Prototype to Frontline: How Ukraine Accelerates Defense and Dual-Use Innovation

    In Ukraine, the speed of innovation is measured in weeks rather than years. A newly deployed drone or electronic warfare system may be rendered obsolete within a month if it isn’t iterated in response to changes in Russian tactics or technology. To maintain its edge on the battlefield, Ukraine has pioneered a highly responsive…

    From Prototype to Frontline: How Ukraine Accelerates Defense and Dual-Use Innovation