Bella Powell is the Cyber Director within the Government Security Group and is responsible for delivering the Government Cyber Security Strategy. She joined the Cabinet Office in September 2022 following her role as Senior Security Advisor at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs where she established the organisation's central security function. Bella is responsible for supporting departments to improve their cyber resilience through the rollout of the Government Cyber Security Strategy Implementation Programme; the delivery of central transformational proposals such as GovAssure and the Government Cyber Coordination Centre; and the response to serious and cross-cutting cyber security incidents, threats and vulnerabilities across government.