Speakers

"Seven years ago, I saw it coming. A new era of threat — not just on battlefields, but in boardrooms, supply chains, power grids, and information networks. Defence, security, and resilience were converging, but we were still funding them like it was 1999.
That’s when I began building what has become the foundation for the Defence, Security & Resilience Bank — not just an idea, but a concrete plan to finance national security in a way that meets the scale and complexity of today’s risks.
Now, nations are arriving at the same conclusion: we need new institutions fit for this new era.
I’m not doing this alone. We’ve brought together a team with deep expertise across government, finance, defence, and multilateral institutions — people who’ve shaped policy, raised capital, and led in crisis. What unites us is a shared conviction: that resilience isn’t a buzzword. It’s an investment priority.
No one is better placed to help nations build this bank — and we’re ready to go."