A member of the Labour Party, Lord John Cryer was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch from 1997 to 2005 and the MP for Leyton and Wanstead from 2010 to 2024.

Lord Cryer was Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 2015 to 2024, and was a lord-in-waiting in the House of Lords from 2024 until 2025.

A journalist by profession, Lord Cryer has worked for Tribune, the Morning Star, the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF), and the Transport and General Workers’ Union (now Unite).

Lord George Robertson served as the 10th Secretary General of NATO from 1999 to 2004. In 2024, he was appointed by the Prime Minister to lead the Strategic Defence Review. He was Secretary of State for Defence from 1997 to 1999, before becoming a life peer.

Robertson first entered the House of Commons as the Labour MP in 1978 and won five subsequent general elections. He served as Chairman of the Labour Party in Scotland and was appointed to the Privy Council.

Hagai M. Segal is a leading authority on geopolitical issues, strategic risk, the Middle East and counter-terrorism. An academic with New York University in London, and a guest lecturer at universities across the globe, Hagai frequently contributes to the international media (including the BBC, ITV, The Guardian, The South China Morning Post, CNN, Reuters, Sky News and CNBC Europe).

Hagai is a member of the UK Steering Committee for the Overseas Security Advisory Council, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, U.S. Department of State.

Harry is the founder and CEO of Augur. Having spent six years developing systems focused on increasing safety and security within public spaces he created Augur. A company whose mission is focused on securing critical infrastructure and large scale civilian spaces from external threats.

Jon is the Security Advisor for Historic Royal Palaces, responsible 
for providing relevant and timely security updates and advice to 
the Executive Board in relation to six Royal Palaces across the UK.
Prior to joining HRP in 2024, he was the Head of Security, at HM Tower of London.

Jon served for thirty years in the Metropolitan Police where he specialised in Public Order, Firearms, and Close Protection. 
He spent 12 years as a Personal Protection Officer for the Prince 
and Princess of Wales

James Arnold is Openreach’s Regional Security and Investigations Manager for London with responsibility for the leadership and oversight of regional security operations affecting critical infrastructure.

His role encompasses the coordination of investigative capability, stakeholder engagement, and the development of responses to criminal threats impacting essential national assets. Prior to his current role, he transitioned from public sector law enforcement, having served as a Detective Sergeant, into a corporate security setting.

Rob leads intelligence and risk at ASG Protect, the UK’s only specialist activist mitigation intel practice. Following 15 years working in crisis management technology Rob recognised the importance of encrypted messaging platforms for mitigating protests and direct-action attacks by activist groups. In under two years he has built ASG Protect into a world leading activist mitigation practice.

Rob recently delivered a closed-door session for 60 CSOs at ASIS Europe on the rising risk of direct-action attacks by far-left groups across international borders. His knowledge and experience in the space makes him uniquely positioned to offer insights and those of 
key clients ASG Protect work with on a regular basis.

Dan Jarvis has served as Minister of State at the Home Office since July 2024 and the Cabinet Office since September 2025. An MP since 2011, he represents Barnsley North and has previously held shadow ministerial roles. He was the first Mayor of South Yorkshire (2018), securing a devolution deal and leading the region through Covid-19 and major flooding.

Before entering politics, he was an officer in the Parachute Regiment, deploying to Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan, including as a company commander in the Special Forces Support Group. A graduate of Aberystwyth University 
and Sandhurst, he was awarded an MBE in 2011.

Greg is Chairman of The Venture Group and Executive Editor of Exponential View, a research group focused on understanding AI and exponential technologies.

He was UK Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Global Editorial Director of WIRED between 2011- 2025. He has interviewed global leaders – both for publication and onstage – including The Hon.Tony Blair, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, co-founder of Google DeepMind Demis Hassabis, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, BMW CEO Harald Krueger, and numerous other thought leaders.

He was awarded the British Society of Magazine Editors’ Editor of the Year, Science and Technology, in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2024. He regularly speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Founders Forum, DLD, Web Summit and Cannes Lions. Greg is the Chair of the 2026 Orwell Prize for journalism.

Lord Toby Harris is chair of the National Preparedness Commission. Since it was established in 2020, the Commission has been influential in the development of the UK Government Resilience Framework and has established a reputation as the leading body promoting better preparedness for a major crisis or incident.

He was chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority and subsequently oversaw national police work on counterterrorism and security. He is a former council leader; member of the London Assembly; and he was the first Chair of the Association of London Government (now London Councils). He was also the Chair of the Independent Advisory Group on Ethics for the National Crime Agency.

Nick is the co-founder and head of R&D for Cape, a privacy first mobile carrier. He designs and develops the services and platforms underpinning Cape’s privacy, security, and operational resilience products for government. Prior to Cape, he held leadership roles at Palantir Technologies and Recorded Future.

In a previous role, Nick architected cellular misattribution platforms supporting operations across the Middle East and Eastern Europe, where he developed deep expertise in mobile networks, identity management, and communications in contested environments.

Daniel is the founder and CEO of Kangal AI, a technology company created to protect against state-sponsored influence operations.
A multiple-exited founder, he founded Magic Carpet AI, acquired in 2021 by Blockchain.com, and Science Card, a Mastercard supported venture that was acquired in 2025.

Daniel holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UCL, an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich, and has conducted research at Caltech, with published work in Nature Scientific Reports.

A member of the National Security Strategy Joint Select Committee, Lord Watts served in the Blair and Brown governments as Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury from 2008 to 2010.

In 2012, he was elected as the Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, a role he performed until 2015 and he chaired the Parliamentary Labour Party as a backbencher from 2012 to 2015.
A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens North from 1997 to 2015.