Conference Speakers
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The conference is a spectacular celebration and a high point of the year for the network. Although aimed at women, male allies play an important and critical role within DWN and at the conference.
Seven sessions feature on the conference agenda covering topical matters which impact everyone at some point in their lives and careers. Each session involves insights, inspiration, personal experience, and expertise from people in the Defence, Government and Tech industry.
Ministry of Justice
Antonia
Romeo
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice & Civil Service Gender Champion
Welcome
Turn Lemons into Lemonade
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Make the best of the negative situations in life. Learn how to adopt a more optimistic attitude in the face of adversity.
British Army
Libby
Vallance-Bull
Captain Libby Vallance MSc. BSc, (Hons. St. Ands) FGS
Palantir
Lora
Lacey
General Manager for UK Defence
Britsh Army
Lucy
Giles
Colonel Lucy M Giles BSc MA PGCE Hon LLD
Royal Navy
Phil
Hally
Vice Admiral Phil Hally CB, MBE
Royal Air Force
Sara
Cattarall
Warrant Officer Sara Catterall MBE,
Command Senior Enlisted Leader, UK Strategic Command
Session 1
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The Speakers
Lockheed Martin
Alice Mallen
Human Resources Director UK, Europe and the Middle East
Ministry of Justice
Antonia Romeo
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice & Civil Service Gender Champion
Accenture Song
Barbara Waite
Managing Partner
British Army
Captain Libby Vallance-Bull
SO3 Digital for the Army's Artificial Intelligence Strategy
Defence Digital, Ministry of Defence
Caroline Bellamy
Director: Data (CDO), Digital Transformation & CIO of the Functions
Amazon
Cath Possamai
Talent Acquisition Director for EMEA
Upping Your Elvis and Talk It Out
Chris Baréz-Brown
Founder
Defence Digital, Ministry of Defence
Claire Fry
Director Functional Integration
British Army
Colonel Lucy Giles
Course Director, Land Command & Staff College
Royal Navy
Commodore Alison Hofman
Head Defence Medical Services Regulator
Royal Navy
Commodore Melanie (Mel) Robinson CBE
Reservist & Commander of the UK's Maritime Reserve Force
Defence Digital, Ministry of Defence
David Tagg-Oram
Head of Digital Foundry
Department of Education
Dr. Victoria (Vic) Carr
Reservist & Headteacher
Leidos
Edwina Hutton - Fellowes
Director of Logistics
Noon
Eleanor Mills
Founder
Wiltshire Police
Gemma Vinton
Detective Chief Inspector
AWS
Imogen Verret
Principal Technical Business Development Manager, Global National Security & Defence
Defence Digital, Ministry of Defence
John Fitzpatrick
Director of Digital Enablement
Microsoft
Kate Maxwell
Chief Technology Officer for Defense & Intelligence
Mastek
Katie Rogers
Associate Vice President, Secure Government Services
Fujitsu
Kelly Metcalf
Head of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Wellbeing
Janes
Kimberley Flannagan
Chief Marketing Officer
Palantir
Lora Lacey
General Manager for UK Defence
DXC Technology
Lucy Boas
Client Partner
Defence Digital, Ministry of Defence
Lucy Murray Brown
Head of Operational Service Management
CGI
Maxine Bulmer
Vice President Consulting Delivery, Cyber Security,
UK & Australia
CDDO
Megan Lee Devlin
Chief Executive of the Central Digital and Data Office
Capgemini
Nikki Staerck
Vice President
Royal Navy
Rear Admiral Jude Terry OBE
Director People and Training and Naval Secretary
DXC Technology
Shelli Wright
AE Government Relations
Ministry of Defence
Symone King (MCIPD)
Assistant Head of Employee Experience, Defence Nuclear Organisation
Boxxe
Tarah Mason
Senior Account Director, Defence & National Security
Royal Navy
Vice Admiral Phil Hally MBE
Chief of Defence People
Royal Air Force
Warrant Officer Sara Cattarall MBE
Command Senior Enlisted Leader, UK Strategic Command
