Results of techUK National Security Committee elections announced

Results of techUK National Security Committee elections announced - 2025-2027

techUK is delighted to announce the results of the 2025 National Security Committee elections.

Nominations and voting for the techUK National Security Committee took place over last month, with a record number of techUK members standing for election. The current term for those successfully elected is 2 years, with the next elections scheduled for the beginning of 2028.

The National Security Committee is composed of 23 techUK members, including 5 SME representatives and 18 larger companies. The number of individuals represented on the National Security Committee has been extended by 3 to reflect the election results. The Committee brings together a broad group of industry leaders from the National Security sector, who will champion industry's interests and drive an ambitious programme of activity between techUK and its stakeholders across the National Security sector. The National Security Committee will act as the voice of the wider techUK National Security membership, and its primary focus is to address strategic concerns that impact the National Security technology sector.

The results of the election are as follows:

Chair and Vice-chair

Matthew Horne

Director Intelligence and Investigations, Clue Software

Ruby Motabhoy

Senior Lead, National Security, Plexal

Committee members

Andrew Mclannahan

Director for Defence, Security and Space, Made Tech

Ben Rankin

Head of Public Sector, Armis

Bill Hodson

Consulting Director, Cambridge Consultants

Brad Crompton

Director - EMEA, Flashpoint

Clive Finlay

Symantec Field Chief Technology Officer for the EMEA region, Broadcom (Enterprise Security Division)

Daniel Shiu

Chief Cryptographer, Arqit

Giles Hursey

National Security Account Director, IBM

Graham Le Fevre

Strategic Partnership Manager, Northrop Grumman UK

Huw Williams

UKI High Secure Services Territory Lead, DXC Technology

James Patrick

Principal Cloud Architect, Oracle

Justin Prowse

Major Account Manager - Defence and National Security, Fortinet

Martin Ferguson

Global Vice President of Consultancy & Implementation, NCC Group

Michael Willis

Director (National Security Business), Capgemini

Neil Seabury

Head of Technology & Government CTO, BT

Patrick Hutchings

UK & Australia Sector Lead for Secure Innovation & Advisory, CGI

Stephen Knibbs

Head of VBSE (Vodafone Business Security Enhanced), Vodafone UK

Steve West

Director and Chief Innovation Officer, TJC

Stuart McKean

CEO, Nine23

Stuart Wiggins

Horizon North Europe Threat Lead , CrowdStrike

Victoria Knight

Strategy and Operations Director National Security and Government, BAE Systems

William Moore

Chief Executive, Airbox Systems

Raya Tsolova

Senior Programme Manager, techUK

National Security Programme activities

techUK’s National Security programme leads the debate on emerging technologies which present opportunities to strengthen UK national security. Through a variety of market engagement and policy activities we assess the capability of these technologies against various national security threats. Visit the programme page here