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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.

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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.

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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

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 of Navy Healthcare and Medical Profession

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

Ultra Cyber UK, Ultra Intelligence & Communications

Liz Stokes

Vice President Human Resources

Palantir

Lora Lacey

General Manager for UK Defence

DXC Technology

Lucy Boas

Client Partner

Ministry of Defence Strategic Hub

Manmeet Cheema

Head of Strategy Implementation & Evaluation 

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 Catterall MBE

Command Senior Enlisted Leader, UK Strategic Command

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