During over three decades in UK Defence, Phil has accrued extensive experience of leadership and command, air and space power, intelligence and cyber, force design and capability planning, and transformation. Originally Tornado aircrew, most recently he was Chief of Defence Intelligence until end 2018, responsible for the provision of strategic intelligence to Defence and Government, ISR co-ordination and counter-intelligence, as well as Defence leadership of offensive and defensive cyber. Previously, Phil commanded one of the two operational RAF Groups, and led the 2.5Bn/yr Joint Forces Command (now Strategic Command) Capability Portfolio. He is now one of the founding Directors of Universal Defence and Security Solutions (UDSS), a growing Defence and Security consultancy, focussed on providing policy, strategy and operational solutions to Governments and businesses.

Christine Maxwell is a cyber security leader who has worked across multiple industries including Defence, Oil and Gas, Banking and Professional Services. Christine joined the Cyber Security team at MoD in April 2019 as Director Cyber Defence and Risk (CISO) and is accountable for driving defensive cyber strategy, capability development and defining policy and Defence-wide defensive cyber requirements including the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership (DCPP) and awareness, behaviours and culture. Prior to joining, MOD Christine held leadership roles in the security governance, risk and compliance domains and led large-scale cyber transformation programmes. Christine has extensive experience working with Boards and Executive groups to understand cyber security risk from a business and operational perspective and creating achievable cyber security strategies that improve the overall risk position.  

Paddy is a senior adviser at Brunswick Group the Critical Issues firm where he provides counsel on business resilience, crisis response, cyber and geopolitical risk  Previously he was Deputy National Security Adviser to two successive British Prime Ministers informing policy decisions and implementation on all hazards and threats including national resilience and crisis response, cyber security, counter terrorism, and the UK’s response to action by hostile states: the security of Critical National Infrastructure and national security aspects of foreign investments and mergers.