French Caldwell is a vice president and Gartner fellow in Gartner Research, where he leads governance, risk and compliance research. Mr. Caldwell advises executive clients and program managers of Global 2000 companies and government agencies on strategies, markets, public policy and processes. He leads strategic research and advisory projects on governance, risk management and compliance (GRC), corporate governance, enterprise risk management (ERM), vendor risk management, IT risk management, public policy and legal developments, knowledge management, and strategic information risk analysis. He advises on emerging issues in public policy and corporate affairs such as Dodd-Frank Whistleblower rules, U.K. Bribery Act, third-party risk management and cross-border compliance. He led the ground-breaking White House-sponsored cyberterrorism war game, Digital Pearl Harbor, and has appeared on international news programs, including a documentary on the History Channel. He established Gartner research and advisory programs on knowledge management, digital society, government, public policy, and risk management and compliance.