Keynote Speakers

Luke Pollard MP

Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry

MOD

Rupert Pearce

UK National Armaments Director

NAD

Jim Carter

Director General Commercial and Industry

The National Armaments Director (NAD) Group

Victoria Cope

Commercial Director

Defence Digital

Deborah Haynes

Security and Defence Editor

Sky News

Marc Priestley

Former Senior Mechanic - McLaren F1 Team

Formula 1

Jacqueline Pickard de Hagerty

Director of Consulting Services

Women Empowering Defence

Kevin Craven

CEO

ADS Group

Sherin Aminossehe

Director of Growth and Missions

Ministry of Defence

Sir Stuart Atha

Director

BAE Systems

John Godfrey

Managing Director for Public Affairs, Policy and Research

The City UK

Kateryna Chernohorenko

Former Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitisation

Ukraine Government

Prof. Mark Webber

Professor of International Politics

University of Birmingham

Luke Butler

Professor of Public Procurement Law and Regulations

University of Nottingham

Samira Braund

Defence Director

ADS

Lisa Quest

Partner, Head of UK&I, Co-Head of Government and Public Institutions

Oliver Wyman

Andrew Kinniburgh

Director General

MAKE UK Defence

Fred Sugden

Associate Director for Defence & National Security

TechUK

Tony Reeves

Chairman and Founder

MAIAR

Annie Iakovaki

Head of Industrial Supply Chains

Digital Catapult

Trevor Taylor

Independent Defence and Security Consultant

RUSI

Denys Demko

Economic Secretary

Embassy of Ukraine in the UK

Jon Gray

Chief of Staff and MD Regions

ADS Group

Andrii Romanchuk

Senior Partner

EUCONLAW Group

Paul Kealey

Head of Delivery Partner Engagement

DSTL

Knowledge Transfer Zone Speakers

Aimie Stone

Chief Economist

ADS Group

Alistair Leuchars

Deputy Director – Cyber & Digital

ADS Group

Amyas Phillips

Cyber Security Design Authority

Thales UK

Anastasia Cucino

International Defence Advisor

ADS Group

Andrew Butler

Defence and Security Managing Consultant

MOD

Andy Bolas

Defence Sector Director

Kier

Andy Caldwell

Head Research and Development, Test and Evaluation

MOD T&E

Annette Weekes MBE

CEO

Zenix Aerospace - Weston

Bella Goldstein

Programme Lead

Commercial X

Ben English

Chief of Staff of the Defence Industrial Strategy

MOD

Ben Hawkins

Security Sub Sector Leader

Arcadis LLP

Bill Backus

Defence Account Director

Costain

Brad Hayward

Sales Director

Marlborough Communications

Brig. Pete Quaite

Head of Infrastructure Plans

British Army

Samuel Cook (Brig.)

Deputy Director Options Initiation

British Army

Brigadier Stu Nassé OBE

Head Capability Coalition

British Army

Brinley Salzmann

Director - Overseas & Exports and Secretary of EGADD

ADS Group

Calum Taylor

Deputy Head of Growth and Place

MOD

Caroline Kelly

Asst Head of Future Technology

MOD T&E

Charlotte Davies

Head of Defence Commercial

ADS Group

Chris Mayne

Managing Director

Teleplan Forsberg

Clare McGinn

Principal Commercial Manager

DSTL

Craig McGilvray

Managing Director, Complex Facilities

Amey

Dan Moran

Talent Acquisition Director

Babcock

Dan Stembridge

CEO

WholeShip Ltd

Dave Hallam

Senior Director

Arcadis LLP

David Kershaw

Founder and Managing Director

Posterity Global

David Taylor

Non Executive Director

Constellia

Didde Bjerglund-Martin

Head of JOSCAR

Hellios Information

Doug Umbers

MD Defence, Uk & Europe

Serco

Dr Robert Lock

Chief Scientist

AWE

Edward Cassels

General Counsel & Commercial Director

Arondite

Elaine Choules

Head of High Value Engineering

Welsh Government

Elizabeth Newman-Earl

CEO

e50k

Eloise Davies

Events Manager

Boxxe

Emily Wood

Head of Programme

Defence Industrial Joint Council

Emma Baker

Defence Policy Adviser

ADS Group

Fergus Anderson

Head of Business Intelligence and Outreach

DSTL

Fred Thomas MP

Member of Parliament

UK Government

Frederik Søndergaard Hansen

Founder & CEO

Stormborn

Gil May

Head of Offset and International Collaboration

Leonardo

Graedon Crouch

Futures Lab Commercial Lead

UKDI

Graeme Foy

Defence Solutions Consultant

Boxxe

Graham Chisnall

Chairman

Farnborough Aerospace Consortium

Harrison Talbot Brown

Deputy Director, Industry Collaboration And Supplier Management

MOD NAD

Helen Bates

Commercial Director

DE&S

Helen O'Rourke

Programme Manager

North West Regional Defence & Security Cluster

Huw Roberts

Assistant Head

International Capability Strategy

Ian Gibson

Technical Fellow for Systems Engineering

AtkinsRealis

Ian Schollar

Head of Teaching, Learning and Quality

CIPS

Jacob Cooney

SME Engagement Project Manager, International Collaboration & Exports (IC&E)

MOD

Jake Hand

Founder and Managing Director

Rapid Fusion

James Clare

Director of Energy, Environment and Infrastructure

MOD

James Gavin

Deputy Director UK Defence Innovation Head of Technology Transition

UK MoD National Armaments Directorate

Jayne Dale

Business Development Director

Arcadis LLP

Jeremy Lelean

Communications Lead

Test & Evaluation Transformation Programme

Jeremy Wimble

Programme Manager, Defence

TechUK

Jim Hartshorne

Managing Director, Commercial

Unipart

Jo Osburn-Hughes

Human Resources Director

MOD DE&S

John Bertram

Sales Lead

Honeywell UK

John Godfrey

Managing Director for Public Affairs, Policy and Research

The City UK

John Hansford

Principal Advisory Account Lead, Defence

Mott Macdonald

John Kite

Deputy Head of Industry Collaboration

Ministry of Defence

John McFadden

Senior Account and Business Development Manager

CRFS Ltd

John Rodigan

Business Development Manager

DCI

John Russell

Chief Executive

SSRO

Jonathan Turner

Defence Consultant

Honeywell UK

Jonjo Hobbs

Managing Director

Capita Procurement Solutions

Julie Marionneau

Director of International Relations

ADS Group

Karen Houston

Commercial Defence Housing Lead

DIO

Katherine Williams

Head of UK and International Government Relations, Defence

Rolls-Royce

Keith Yarham

National Sector Lead for Defence

Willmott Dixon

Kelvin Hamilton

CEO

Flare Bright

Kevin Craven

CEO

ADS Group

Keziah Morley

Defence Exports Senior Desk Officer - Japan

Department for Business & Trade

Laura Shrieves

VP of Engineering

Ultra Maritime

Lt Col Andrew Teeton MBE

Military Advisor Counter-Explosive Ordnance & CBRN

UK Defence and Security Exports

Maj Harriet Chapman RA

Officer Commanding the Export Support Team, International Collaboration & Exports

MOD

Marcus Salomon

Principal Adviser for Defence Industry

Royal Danish Embassy in London

Mark Darvill

Innovation Partner

UKDI

Markus A Nitschke

First Counsellor for Defence Technology, Equipment and Procurement

German Embassy in London

Martin Gilmore

Head of Science Engineering and Technology

AWE

Mat van Leuven

Senior Commercial Manager

DSTL

Matt Eagle

Fixed Wing Senior Supply Chain Manager

Boeing

Matthew Osmond

Director of Sales & Business Development (Industrial, Water & Energy)

Veolia

Melaye Ras-Work

CEO

Efficio

Michael Kendall

Inward Investment Manager

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Michael Noone

Head of Experis Academy UK

Experis Academy UK (ManpowerGroup)

Mike Francis

Senior Delivery Lead/Technical Director

WSP

Nigel Herbert

Head of Practice - Asset Optimisation

Arcadis LLP

Patrick Negline-Smyth

Director

Deloitte

Paul Larcey

Knowledge Transfer Manager - Security and Defence

Innovate UK

Peter Coyle

CEO

Bid Masters

Peter Lemon

Sales Director UK & Ireland

MACS EU

Phil Blunden

CyDR Engagement Manager

MOD

Phil Sayers

CIO for Defence Infrastructure Organisation

MACS EU

Pina Palermo

Commercial Director

Qinetiq

Rachel Dowling

Head of Government Affairs

Astroscale

Richard Edwards

Account Director

Skanska

Richard Myers

Commercial Director

CTS Logistics

Richard Wardlaw

Retired Senior British Army Officer

Atmaana

Rob Kelly

Business Development Director

KBR

Rob McGeachy

Head of Digital

Thales Training and Simulation

Rory Breen

Sales and Business Development Director

Rheinmetall UK

Sam Perrin

Managing Director

Vivo

Samantha Bromiley

Customer Delivery Director

Defence Commercial and Industry

Samira Braund

Defence Director

ADS

Simon Levy

Head of Strategic Military & Industry Engagement

ADS Group

Simon Preston

National Frameworks Director

Dalkia UK

Simon Stimson

Senior Procurement Manager

MBDA

Sir Rick Thompson

Managing Director for Defence

MTC

Stefan Crossfield

Account Director for MOD & National Security

SAS Software

Stephen Lewis

UK Partner

Constructive Edge

Steven Mills

Programme Director

Defence Supply Chain Capability Programme (DSCCP)

Steven Wood

Head of Aerospace, Defence & Security

Digital Catapult

Stewart Woods

Cyber CTO

Thales UK

Stig Asak

Senior Manager Offset

Marshall Land Systems

Suzanne Tearle

Head of Defence

Gleeds

Suzanne Wharton

Principal OT Cyber Security Consultant

Jacobs

Tom Silvey

Business Director for Defence Infrastructure

Amey

Trevor Graham

CSO & GM - Belfast

Arqit

Verity White

Head of Defence

Constellia

William Haley

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