Speakers

Jude Terry joined the Royal Navy in 1997 after graduating from Dundee University with a BSc (Hons) in Anatomical Sciences. Her First Stage Career included various staff and operational roles, such as deployments to the Indian Ocean, Arabian Gulf, Caribbean, and Far East aboard HMS SCOTT and HMS OCEAN and planning the drawdown in Afghanistan in 2012. On commencing her Second Stage Career, she completed Advanced Command and Staff Course 15, earning an MA in Defence Studies. Returning to Permanent Joint Headquarters, Jude served as Military Assistant to two Chief of Joint Operations from 2014 - 2016 where she saw the start and finish of Op GRITROCK (Ebola in Sierra Leone) and a variety of global deployments (including Mali and Nigeria). Her work led to her being recognised with an OBE in the 2017 New Year Honours. Promoted to Captain in 2018, she joined Standing Joint Force HQ deploying to Saif Sareea 3 and Exercise AUSTERE CHALLENGE before completing Higher Command and Staff Course. In December 2020, Jude was promoted to Commodore and served as Deputy Director People Delivery in NCHQ. In January 2022, she started her current role as Director People and Training and Naval Secretary and was recently appointed a CB in the 2025 New Year Honours list. Aside from her naval career, she is a trustee of the Medusa Trust, an Honorary Freeman of the Company of HR Professionals and an Ambassador for Girl Guiding South West.