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
UKDI Command Hub Transformation & Development Lead
UK Defence Innovation
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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William Haley Engineering