National Security Committee

Bill has more than 35 years experience in technology strategy consulting to government and industry around the world. Starting by working in the Cambridge cluster, he has since held senior leadership positions in six different technology and consulting organisations. He has worked extensively across defence and security in the UK, Asia, the US and Australia as well as a range of other markets including energy, transport, aerospace, healthcare, manufacturing, defence & security and construction. Bill has worked extensively in helping organisations to understand when and how to make investments in emerging technologies. He specialises in work that delivers the value of innovation and emerging technology. As Consulting Director, he holds responsibility for the Cambridge Consultants portfolio of strategy and consulting work. He also leads Cambridge Consultants’ Defence business and is a member of the company’s Executive.

Stuart is a former British Army helicopter pilot with an accomplished service career spanning 23 years, this included a high-profile secondment to the Royal Air Force Defence Electronic Warfare Centre at RAF Waddington where he was responsible for all aspects of the UK’s APACHE mission system integration at above SECRET. Stuart founded Nine23 in 2011 with a commitment to more effectively enable end-users, in the compliance and regulatory industries, who were often reliant on out-dated IT solutions. Stuart is passionate about what today’s secure technology can deliver to the frontline of business and believes that the end-user should be put first in any solution.

Joanna Mower is Airbox’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), bringing extensive experience in business finance across both private and public sectors, with a strong focus on the technology industry. As COO, Joanna sits on the Board. Her key responsibilities include leading the executive team and overall accountability for execution and delivery. Her role in leading the Executive team and establishing critical company infrastructure highlights her strong accountability in change and transformation. Joanna's focus on building robust systems for people, technology, policy, and regulatory compliance also underscores her unwavering commitment to quality.

Prof. Daniel Shiu began his career as an academic pure mathematician, but quickly became interested in computational mathematics and cryptography in particular. He spent a twenty year career working in government, including time spent as NCSC's Head of Cryptographic Design and Quantum Information Processing as well as Head of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematics Research. He then spent five years in industry as the Chief Cryptographer at Arqit Quantum Inc (NASDAQ ARQQ), where he helped to develop products to understand and mitigate the quantum threat. He has now returned to academia to research quantum cryptanalysis at the University of Manchester, but remains committed to supporting all sectors of the UK in the mission to secure the twenty-first century Internet.