Allan Marshall was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in September 1991. Following completion of a Service sponsored engineering degree at Cambridge University and pilot training, Marshall spent the first ten years of his career flying the Harrier. During this period, he completed several operational tours, including Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan; gained experience of embarked operations on Invincible-class aircraft carriers and undertook instructional, standardisation, and test and evaluation roles within the Harrier Force.

Subsequently, he gained procurement experience as the UK requirements manager for the Joint Strike Fighter programme, before converting to the Intelligence, Surveillance, Targeting and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) role. He served as officer commanding No. V(AC) Squadron, operating Sentinel and Shadow aircraft on operations in Afghanistan, Libya and Mali.

Two joint roles within the Ministry of Defence followed: Assistant Head Global Commitments and Counter Terrorism within the Operations Directorate and Deputy Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff, before he took command of RAF Waddington in March 2016, responsible for Reaper, Rivet Joint, Sentinel, Sentry E-3D, Shadow and Intelligence analysis capabilities.

After completion of the Higher Command and Staff Course, the US Capstone Programme and a research fellowship at Oxford University focusing on strategic intelligence, he returned to the Ministry of Defence in 2018 as Head of Defence Commitments and Crisis within the Security, Policy and Operations area.

In April 2020, he was appointed as Air Officer Commanding Number 1 Group, and in November 2021, he took the post of Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations & Commitments). He will commence duties as the United Kingdom’s Air and Space Commander in March 2024.

He is married to Air Vice-Marshal Suraya Marshall, and together they have two children.

Having attended a local comprehensive school and RAF Air Cadets, Air Marshal Lloyd gained a First-Class Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Manchester University and joined the RAF in September 1991.  He worked on Hercules C-130 at RAF Lyneham, and Tornado GR1/4 aircraft at RAF Brüggen, TTTE RAF Cottesmore and 14 Sqn, RAF Lossiemouth, which included overseas exercises and detachments to the Gulf on Op TELIC.  In August 2009, he became Officer Commanding Engineering and Logistics Wing at RAF Marham, overseeing RAF Marham’s first deployment to Afghanistan. He was also the engineering lead for the Tornado GR4 contribution to operations over Libya under OP ELLAMY.

 In August 2011, he was posted to the Ministry of Defence, providing MoD senior management and Ministers with specialist advice on air, space and cyber issues. Promoted to Group Captain in September 2012, he took up the post of Chief Engineer and Type Airworthiness Authority within the Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Project Team at Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). He supported Reaper on Operations, brought Watchkeeper and Scan Eagle into Service with the British Army and Royal Navy respectively, and authorised the flight-testing of Taranis, a UCAS demonstration vehicle.

In August 2016, promoted to Air Commodore, he took up the post of Head Typhoon Delivery Team in DE&S, where he was responsible for the capability development and in-Service support of Typhoon and the Battle of Britain aircraft. Having supported Typhoon operations on Op SHADER, he successfully led Project CENTURION, the major international upgrade programme that integrated new weapons and capabilities on Typhoon, allowing Tornado to retire from RAF Service. This major programme gained the BAE Systems Chairman's Gold Award and Minister for Defence Procurement's Acquisition Excellence Awards overall winner in 2019.

In January 2021, he was promoted to Air Vice-Marshal as Director Support and the Chief Engineer of the RAF, also leading on the development of Defence’s Aviation NetZero strategy.

In September 2023 he was appointed Acting Air Marshal and took over his current role as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.

Air Marshal Lloyd gained a MSc from the University of Oxford in Major Programme Management, a master’s degree in Defence Administration from Cranfield University and an MA in Defence Studies from King’s College London.  He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, also overseeing the annual Universities Aerospace Challenge. He was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020.

AVM Burke was appointed Air Officer Commanding 11 Group in August 2023. Commissioned from a University Cadetship in 1992, he completed his pilot training on the Tornado and joined 31 Squadron at RAF Brüggen. He commanded 39 Squadron at Creech Air Force Base flying Reaper in support of Op Herrick and was Station Commander of RAF Waddington. Away from flying he enjoyed spells in Aviation Safety, Tornado Force HQ, US Staff College Faculty, Air Staff Strategy, and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) Capability Development.

Married to Sian, he likes long walks, skiing, diving and supporting Crystal Palace.

Christine Maxwell is a cyber security leader who has worked  across multiple industries including Defence, Oil and Gas,  Banking and Professional Services.  

Christine joined the Cyber Security team at MOD in April 2019  as Director Cyber Defence and Risk and is accountable for  driving defensive cyber strategy, capability development and  defining policy and Defence-wide defensive cyber requirements  and compliance including the Defence Cyber Protection  Partnership (DCPP) and awareness, behaviours and culture.  

Prior to joining the MOD Christine held leadership roles in the  security governance, risk and compliance domains and led  large-scale cyber transformation programmes.  

Christine has extensive experience working with Boards and  Executive groups to understand cyber security risk from a  business and operational perspective and creating achievable  cyber security strategies that improve the overall risk position.

Group Captain John Fortune was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1996. His initial part of his officer career saw him complete tours delivering communications in the deployed battle space, leading an aircraft software team and delivering initial officer training. Through this time, he deployed to numerous countries and operations. Middle management appointments saw him command cyber and information personnel on a key RAF fast jet station, deliver complex programmes and be the personal staff officer to the Chief of Staff for Capability in the RAF. Post advanced staff and leadership training, and completion of some post-grad study in leadership he was selected to take up an appointment in the RAF HQ where he was responsible for the planning and delivery of information and cyber services for the RAF at home and deployed. After a short period in the Middle East commanding the information and cyber component HQ he was again selected for command. In that command he led a Wing of 400 plus personnel delivering defensive cyber effect for the RAF, developing software applications and spearheading innovation as well as being the Principal Engineer for the Unit comprising some 900 staff.

Fortune was then selected to be the lead capability sponsor for cyber and cryptography for the MOD, where he led activity across the government. He also worked on the Integrated Review (2021) on the Defensive Cyber proposition where several the work-strands have been taken forward and funded by the MOD. After promotion he was appointed as Chief of Staff to the RAF Support Director who in turn led all engineering, logistics, information, medical and infrastructure activity for the RAF. Fortune also advised on the coordination and delivery of the Equipment Support Budget, some £2b/yr of public expenditure. He was subsequently appointed as the Deputy Head for Cyber Strategy, Innovation and Jt User for Defensive Cyber in Defence Digital. In this role, he is responsible for the formulation of strategy, coherence with other government departments on Defensive Cyber and the prioritisation of expenditure on cyber security capabilities.

Paul leads BlackBerry’s Sales Engineering Organisation across the UK, Ireland, Middle East and Africa; his team, spread across the region, evangelise BlackBerry's cybersecurity portfolio and help BlackBerry customers to identify and successfully execute their cybersecurity strategies. At the heart of this is BlackBerry's ‘Prevention is Possible’ philosophy and that, through taking a prevention-first approach to cybersecurity, customers can eliminate the noise and focus their efforts efficiently and effectively. Paul has been in the industry since 2016, initially specialising in data protection before leading multiple Sales Engineering teams across Europe.

Enrique Oti is the Chief Strategy Officer at Second Front Systems, where he formulates corporate and product strategies to accelerate adoption of emerging technologies for U.S. and Allied national security. During his 23-year career in the US Air Force, Oti drove military software innovation as the founder and commander of Kessel Run, the US Air Force’s premier software factory, and as a co-founder of the Defense Innovation Unit in Silicon Valley.  He also held roles as a Cyber Warfare Officer, China Foreign Area Officer, and commanded an intelligence support squadron in Korea, retiring as a Colonel. Enrique holds master's degrees in international relations from Zhejiang University in China and strategic intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College, and a bachelor's in history from the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Sujit Raman is Chief Legal Officer at TRM and leads the company's global legal operations. Prior to joining TRM in 2022, Sujit was a partner at the international law firm Sidley Austin LLP, where he advised clients on a myriad of high-stakes issues including government investigations, cyber/data protection, and multibillion-dollar transactional matters. Sujit previously spent nearly twelve years as a U.S. federal prosecutor, culminating in his service as U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General.  In this role, Sujit personally advised the U.S. Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General in their oversight of the nation’s cyber-related criminal and national security investigations and prosecutions. He also chaired the task force that formulated the U.S. Department of Justice's Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework, which remains federal law enforcement's strategy blueprint for enforcement in the digital assets space.  Sujit also led DOJ’s policy formulation in several critical areas, including cybersecurity, cross-border data transfers and protection, and emerging technologies such as facial recognition and encryption.  Sujit brings a wealth of expertise in data privacy, national security, cybercrime prevention and cryptocurrency.

Lee Bennett is BAE Systems Group Security Head of Risk and Intelligence. His role involves the design and coordination of security risk management processes and the running of the company’s internal security intelligence capability. Prior to joining BAE Systems, Lee spent 14 years working with various UK government departments where he gained broad exposure to security operations.

Andrew McCosh joined BAE Systems as Group Security Director in December 2022. Before joining BAES, Andrew worked for The FCDO for 28 years in a wide range of roles, at home and abroad, in international affairs and national security. His last roles in Government was as Deputy National Security Adviser (Science and Technology) from 2021 and 2022.

Andy Fell is BAE Systems Head of Security for the Future Combat Air Systems (FCAS). Andy is responsible for leading protective, cyber and product security within BAE. In addition he leads on the Global Combat Air Programme security alongside Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Leonardo Spa.  Prior to joining BAE in summer 2023 he spent most of his career in UK government, focused upon matters of defence and national security. Andy also spent 1 year on secondment to the British Embassy in Japan as a security advisor to the Japanese government ahead of the 2019 rugby world cup and 2020 Olympics.

Jon is a co-founder of Clear Star, a company focused on enabling people and organisations to solve their own problems.

A British Army Officer for 21 years, deploying in a wide range of operational roles, he developed a deep understanding of servant leadership, the agile mindset, and how it underpins operational delivery. Since leaving the Forces he has helped organisations translate this mission-command approach into delivery success. As a creature of the coal face, Jon is happiest amongst the ‘doers’, enabling teams to self-organise to identify and address their own challenges.

He has worked with organisations and teams from the public and private sectors, delivering everything from software to hardware, business change to policy.  

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