Speakers

A lineup of global leaders and experts

CYBERUK speakers are selected by the National Cyber Security Centre for their deep expertise and insight into future technology, future threats, and getting 'future ready' in the cyber security sector. Representing the UK and overseas, these are the people at the heart of change within our industry.

Anne Keast-Butler‎‎
Anne Keast-Butler‎‎
Director‎
GCHQ
Felicity Oswald
Felicity Oswald
CEO
Directorate
Harry Coker
Harry Coker
National Cyber Director
The White House
Claudia Plattner
Claudia Plattner
President
Federal Office for Information Security Germany
Matthew Collins
Matthew Collins
Deputy National Security Adviser
Cabinet Office
Heather Adkins
Heather Adkins
VP, Security Engineering & Head of Google’s Office of Cybersecurity Resilience
Google
Keiichi Ichikawa
Keiichi Ichikawa
Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary and Deputy National Security Adviser
Cabinet Secretariat
Chris E
Chris E
DD
NCSC
Claudia Natanson MBE
Claudia Natanson MBE
Chair UKCSC Board of Trustees
UK Cyber Security Council
Andrew Elliot
Andrew Elliot
Director, Cyber Security and Digital Identity
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Sami Khoury
Sami Khoury
Head
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS)
Stephen Bonner
Stephen Bonner
Deputy Commissioner
ICO
Nick Godfrey
Nick Godfrey
Senior Director
Google Cloud
Ollie Whitehouse
Ollie Whitehouse
Chief Technology Officer
NCSC
Professor Dame Angela McLean
Professor Dame Angela McLean
Government Chief Scientific Adviser
Government Office For Science
Professor Sir Peter Knight
Professor Sir Peter Knight
Professor
Imperial College London
Matthew Griffin
Matthew Griffin
CEO
311 Institute
Representative from the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre
Representative from the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre
Paul Waller
Paul Waller
Principal Technical Director
NCSC
Simon Croall
Simon Croall
VP Business Development & Innovation
Ultra Intelligence & Communications
Gary Winter
Gary Winter
Software Engineer
Ultra Intelligence & Communications
Khalid Evans
Khalid Evans
Graduate Software Engineer
Ultra Intelligence & Communications
Robert Lord
Robert Lord
Sr. Technical Advisor
CISA
David Weston
David Weston
VP OS Security and Enterprise, Microsoft
Microsoft
Professor Sadie Creese
Professor Sadie Creese
Professor of Cybersecurity
University of Oxford
Anjana Rajan
Anjana Rajan
Assistant National Cyber Director for Technology Security
The White House
Siân John MBE
Siân John MBE
Chief Technology Officer
NCC Group
Ollie Whitehouse
Ollie Whitehouse
Chief Technology Officer
NCSC
Wim van der Schoot
Wim van der Schoot
Member of Technical Staff
Anthropic
Dr Sara Vecchini
Dr Sara Vecchini
Security Operations and Data Science Lead
2T Security Ltd
Simon Llewellyn
Simon Llewellyn
Director Cyber Security Guidance
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Representative from the National Security Agency
Representative from the National Security Agency
Paul Chichester MBE
Paul Chichester MBE
Director of Operations
NCSC
Representative from PwC
Representative from PwC
Natalie P
Natalie P
NSA UK Cybersecurity Leaf
NCSC
Harry W
Harry W
Tech Director for Incident Management
NCSC
Sophia N
Sophia N
Deputy Head of Incident Management
NCSC
Stuart Davis
Stuart Davis
Senior Director, Incident Response Services
CrowdStrike
Natalie P
Natalie P
NSA Cybersecurity UK Lead
NCSC
Orlando Scott-Cowley
Orlando Scott-Cowley
Cybersecurity Lead EMEA
Amazon Web Services
Chris Ensor
Chris Ensor
Deputy Director for Cyber Growth
NCSC
Dr Mary Haigh
Dr Mary Haigh
CISO
BAE Systems
Stuart Okin
Stuart Okin
Director for Cyber Regulation
Ofgem
Leanne Price
Leanne Price
Deputy Director Government Security Profession
Cabinet Office
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Research Lead
Research Lead
NCSC
Ann Dunkin
Ann Dunkin
Chief Information Officer
U.S. Department of Energy
Howard Watson
Howard Watson
Chief Security and Networks Officer
BT Group CTO
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Representative from Microsoft
Representative from Microsoft
Lee Kirkpatrick
Lee Kirkpatrick
Incident Lead
Sophos
Paul Jacobs
Paul Jacobs
Incident Response Team Lead
Sophos
James Duggan
James Duggan
Solutions Architect UK&I
Representative from the National Protective Security Authority
Representative from the National Protective Security Authority
Professor Awais Rashid
Professor Awais Rashid
Professor of Cyber Security
University of Bristol
Dr Z. Cliffe Schreuders
Dr Z. Cliffe Schreuders
Reader in Cyber Security
Leeds Beckett University
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Deryck Mitchelson
Deryck Mitchelson
Global CISO
CheckPoint
Kevin Breen
Kevin Breen
Senior Director Threat Research
Immersive Labs
Ben R
Ben R
Deputy CTO for Private Sector CNI
NCSC
John Fitzpatrick
John Fitzpatrick
Director
Lab539
Paul Hopkins
Paul Hopkins
Global Head Of Cyber Strategy & Secure By Design
Vodafone
Zygmunt Lozinski
Zygmunt Lozinski
Quantum Safe Networks
IBM Research
Ray Robinson
Ray Robinson
OT Director
NCC Group
Hannah McCartney
Hannah McCartney
Cyber Security Consultant
NCC Group
Deputy Director Engineering
Deputy Director Engineering
NCSC
Ben Fletcher
Ben Fletcher
AWS EMEA CIRT Team Leader
AWS
Richard Meeus
Richard Meeus
Director of Security Technology and Strategy, EMEA
Akamai
Nigel Gibbons
Nigel Gibbons
Senior Advisor & Director
NCC Group Plc.
Mani Sundaram
Mani Sundaram
EVP & GM Security Technology Group
Akamai Technologies
Jonathon Ellison
Jonathon Ellison
Director National Resilience and Future Technology
Directorate
Dr Marsha Quallo-Wright
Dr Marsha Quallo-Wright
Director Delivery, Engineering and Crypt Key (Interim)
NCSC
Kemba Walden
Kemba Walden
President
Paladin Global Institute
Stephanie Crowe
Stephanie Crowe
First Assistant Director General Cyber Security Resilience, Australian Signals Directorate
Australian Signals Directorate
Nitin Natarajan
Nitin Natarajan
Deputy Director
CISA
Paul Chichester
Paul Chichester
Director of Operations
NCSC
Emelia Probasco
Emelia Probasco
Senior Fellow
Center For Security And Emerging Technology
Dmitri Alperovitch
Dmitri Alperovitch
Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator
Sarah Armstrong-Smith
Sarah Armstrong-Smith
Chief Security Advisor
Microsoft
Air Vice Marshall Tim Neal-Hopes OBE
Air Vice Marshall Tim Neal-Hopes OBE
Commander
National Cyber Force
David Luber
David Luber
Director, Cybersecurity Directorate, National Security Agency
National Security Agency
Deputy CTO for Cyber Policy and Assessments
Deputy CTO for Cyber Policy and Assessments
NCSC
Alex Leadbeater
Alex Leadbeater
Technical Security Director - GSMA
GSMA
Stacie Hoffmann
Stacie Hoffmann
Head of Digital Standards
Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology
Kathleen Moriarty
Kathleen Moriarty
Tech and Standards Strategy Consultant
Transforming Information Security LLC
Chris Box
Chris Box
Distinguished Engineer
BT Group
Andrew Elliot
Andrew Elliot
Director, Cyber Security and Digital Identity
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Ollie Ilott
Ollie Ilott
Director
AI Safety Institute
Dr Matthias Heck
Dr Matthias Heck
Head of Unit
Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
Rosamund Powell
Rosamund Powell
Research Associate
The Alan Turing Institute
Jeremy B
Jeremy B
Head of Cryptography and High Threat Technologies Group
NCSC
Tommy Charles
Tommy Charles
Chief Cryptographer and Distinguished Technologist
HP
Dr Ali El Kaafarani
Dr Ali El Kaafarani
Founder/CEO
PQShield
Zygmunt Lozinski
Zygmunt Lozinski
Quantum Safe Networks
IBM Research
Dr Ayesha Khalid
Dr Ayesha Khalid
Senior Lecturer
Queen's University Belfast
Paul Chichester MBE
Paul Chichester MBE
Director of Operations
NCSC
Eleanor Fairford
Eleanor Fairford
DD Incident Management
NCSC
Geoff White
Geoff White
Author & Investigative Journalist
Annabel W
Annabel W
NCSC Assessment Global Issues Team Lead
NCSC
Justin Warner
Justin Warner
Global Threat Analysis Lead
Microsoft
Jen Roberts
Jen Roberts
Assistant Director
Atlantic Council
Natalia Krapiva
Natalia Krapiva
Senior Tech Legal Counsel
Access Now
Mike S
Mike S
DD Ops
NCSC
Matilda Rhode
Matilda Rhode
AI and Cyber Security Lead
BSI
Paolo Di Prodi
Paolo Di Prodi
Founder Priam Cyber AI
Priam Cyber AI Ltd
Mark Ryan
Mark Ryan
Professor of Computer Security
University of Birmingham
Sarah Beckel
Sarah Beckel
Technical Director
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Ian M
Ian M
DD Election Security
NCSC
Bella Powell
Bella Powell
Cyber Director, Government Security Group, Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office
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Stuart Frost
Stuart Frost
Head of Enterprise Security & Risk Management
UK Government (DWP)
Jason Corbishley
Jason Corbishley
Chief Information Security Officer
Police Digital Service
Charles Fecteau
Charles Fecteau
Principal Cybersecurity Technical Advisor - Cyber Defence
Amy M
Amy M
Analysis Mission Lead
NCSC
Deputy Director Economy & Society
Deputy Director Economy & Society
NCSC
Fiona Bail
Fiona Bail
National Cyber PATH lead
National Cyber Resilience Centre Group
Brian William Webb
Brian William Webb
Chief Security Officer, BT Consumer
BT Consumer
Senior Incident Responder
Senior Incident Responder
NCSC
Ralph B
Ralph B
CTO - Economy & Society
NCSC
Robert Hannigan
Robert Hannigan
Chairman, International Business
BlueVoyant
Adam Holt
Adam Holt
VP Sales Engineering
BlueVoyant
Tony Anscombe
Tony Anscombe
Chief Security Evangelist
ESET
Scott Bartlett
Scott Bartlett
Head of Capability Development - Cyber Security & Resilience
Leonardo
Jack Chapman
Jack Chapman
SVP Threat Intelligence
Egress
Nick Godfrey
Nick Godfrey
Senior Director, Office of the CISO
Google Cloud
Stuart McKenzie
Stuart McKenzie
Managing Director Consulting EMEA
Mandiant/Google Cloud
Saj Huq
Saj Huq
CCO
Plexal
Eleanor Fairford
Eleanor Fairford
Deputy Director for Incident Management
NCSC
Adrian Jones
Adrian Jones
Head of Ventures
BMNT
Joshua Burch
Joshua Burch
Managing Partners
GALLOS Technologies
Paul Wilkes
Paul Wilkes
Partner
Osney Capital
Andy Bamford
Andy Bamford
CEO NSSIF
NSSIF
Leonora Ross Skinner
Leonora Ross Skinner
Investment Manager
Molten Ventures
Alex L1
Alex L1
Deputy Hd NCKC
NCSC
Lucy Dobson
Lucy Dobson
Head of Cyber Engagement
Government Security Group, Cabinet Office
Rosie Marr
Rosie Marr
Deputy Director Cyber Operations and Assurance
Government Security Group, Cabinet Office
Jacqueline Tomlinson
Jacqueline Tomlinson
Head of Cyber Assurance and Engagement
Government Security Group , Cabinet Office
James Maude
James Maude
Director of Research
BeyondTrust
Javvad Malik
Javvad Malik
Lead Security Awareness Advocate
KnowBe4
CTO Government
CTO Government
NCSC
Ryan Lee
Ryan Lee
Head of Threat Operations
NHS England
Sean Sapstead
Sean Sapstead
Head of CSOC
Tim Mitchell
Tim Mitchell
Senior Security Researcher
Secureworks
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Alex Jessop
Alex Jessop
Principal DFIR Consultant
NCC Group
Sarah Beckel
Sarah Beckel
Technical Director
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

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