ONLY OPEN TO SME COMPANIES and only SME members will be able to register. If you have any questions, please contact Freddie MacSwiney, Programme Manager for Defence & Cyber Security
UK Defence and Security Exports is part of the Department for Business & Trade. They have around 100 staff in London and another 27 members in their Export Support Team. They have a small number of diplomatic posts overseas and have access to other overseas DBIT/FCO staff.
Juliette Wilcox CMG, Cyber Security Ambassador for UK Defence & Security Exports, will be discussing her role as Cyber Security Ambassador and the role of UK DSE and how they can help Cyber SMEs.
What is DSE – the following are the overarching responsibilities:
- Helping UK defence and security industries export their products
- Maintaining relationships with overseas governments to promote British defence and security products
- Working with MOD and industry to ensure defence and security products have export potential
- Providing UK defence and security companies with specialist support to sell their goods
Agenda:
- Introduction / Housekeeping – techUK
- Introduce Juliette Wilcox – James Gayner
- Juliette Wilcox Brief + Team
- Overview of her role as Cyber Security Ambassador for UK Defence & Security Exports at DIT
- Cyber Security and Trade and Exports
- How SMEs can get involved
- What the challenges are?
- What support is there for SMEs?
- Q&A / Interactive Session – Attendees
- Closing Comments from Juliette Wilcox
- Closing Comments from James Gayner – Vice-Chair of SME Forum
- Session Closes
- Networking & Drinks in techUK Members Area
Biography for Juliette Wilcox CMG, Cyber Security Ambassador for UK Defence & Security Exports
Juliette is the Cyber Security Ambassador for UK Defence and Security Exports at the Department for Business and Trade.
Juliette spent over 30 years as a British Diplomat before joining DIT in March 2022.
She held a variety of positions in the UK and overseas, including postings to Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore. Since 2013 she has served in Director-level roles focused on national security and international relations, including leading cyber and science and technology development, capability and delivery.
Juliette holds an MA (Law) from the University of Cambridge and speaks (rusty) Mandarin Chinese.
Dan Patefield
Dan Patefield
Dan leads the techUK Cyber Security programme, having originally joined techUK in August 2017 as a Programme Manager working across the Cyber and Defence programmes. He is responsible for managing techUK's work across the cyber security eco-system, bringing industry together with key stakeholders across the public and private sectors. Dan also provides the industry secretariat for the Cyber Growth Partnership, the industry and Governmnet conduit for supporting growth across the sector. A key focus of his work is to strengthen the public-private partnership across cyber security to support further development of UK cyber security policy.
Before joining techUK he worked as Forum Lead for the Westminster eForum. In this role he had a focus on the technology and telecoms space, on issues ranging from Broadband and Mobile Infrastructure, the Internet of Things, Cyber Security, Data and diversity in tech. Dan has a BA in History from the University of Liverpool.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2165
Jill Broom
Jill Broom
Jill is techUK’s Programme Manager for Cyber Security, working across the cyber eco-system to bring industry together with key stakeholders across the public and private sectors.
Prior to focusing in on techUK's cyber security work, Jill was also part of techUK's Central Government programme team, representing the supplier community of technology products and services to Whitehall departments.
Before joining techUK, Jill worked as a Senior Caseworker for an MP, advocating for local communities, businesses and individuals, so she is particularly committed to techUK’s vision of harnessing the power of technology to improve people’s lives. Jill is also an experienced editorial professional and has delivered copyediting and writing services for public-body and SME clients as well as publishers.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Twitter:
- @honeybroom
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-broom-19aa824
Annie Collings
Annie Collings
Annie joined techUK as the Programme Manager for Cyber Security and Central Government in September 2023.
Prior to joining techUK, Annie worked as an Account Manager at PLMR Healthcomms, a specialist healthcare agency providing public affairs support to a wide range of medical technology clients. Annie also spent time as an Intern in an MPs constituency office and as an Intern at the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed.
Annie graduated from Nottingham Trent University, where she was an active member of the lacrosse society.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Twitter:
- anniecollings24
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/annie-collings-270150158/
