Jane van Tienen is the Chief Intelligence Officer at OSINT Combine, where she leads intelligence strategy, strategic communications, and thought leadership at the forefront of open-source intelligence. With over two decades of experience in global security and intelligence, including national security, international diplomacy, and executive leadership, Jane has built a career helping governments, private sector organisations, and mission-driven teams make sense of complexity.
Before entering the private sector, Jane held senior roles in Australia’s national intelligence community. Today, she brings that operational depth to OSINT Combine’s work, which is focused on building enduring OSINT capability within strategically aligned organisations. She maintains a keen eye on the need to bridge human expertise with evolving technologies to shape the future of intelligence tradecraft.
Jane is also a co-host on Open Secret, a podcast exploring the real-world power of open-source intelligence—from cultural heritage crimes to AI ethics—where she indulges her love of story, nuance, and a good question.
She believes that leadership is a team sport, that tradecraft must evolve without losing its soul, and that building enduring capability starts with people. A proud Australian now living in the United States, Jane regularly crosses hemispheres - but always comes back to two constants: the importance of purpose, and decent coffee.
