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Christopher Hanson is a Senior Advisor with Teneo’s Energy and Infrastructure practice as well as a senior executive in the civilian and national security nuclear arena.

Christopher has nearly 30 years of experience in government and the private sector. He is the Founder and Principal of White Flint Partners, an advisory firm serving clients in the nuclear and fusion energy sectors, from government agencies to technology start-ups to established companies.  He is also a Non-Resident Scholar in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Most recently, Christopher served as Chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), where he led 2,800 civil servants in the agency’s public health and safety and environmental protection mission through the COVID-19 pandemic. He also modernized the agency’s processes and regulations in anticipation of a major resurgence of nuclear power in the U.S. and around the world. Christopher greatly expanded the NRC’s assistance to established and embarking nuclear nations through bilateral and multilateral engagement, especially Poland, Ghana, Singapore and the Philippines.

Prior to joining the NRC, Christopher held positions in the U.S. Senate and at the Department of Energy (DOE), where he spearheaded major initiatives such as the establishment of the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program for Gen IV nuclear reactors. In the private sector, Christopher advised government and energy sector clients at Booz Allen Hamilton, with a focus on finance and strategy.

Christopher earned master’s degrees from Yale Divinity School and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where he focused on ethics and natural resource economics. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana.