Marcus Roberts MBE

Marcus Roberts is a strategic leader, commercial operator and former British Army officer with extensive experience in defence, security, technology and organisational transformation. Over sixteen years in the military, including two deployments to Afghanistan, he held roles from tactical command to strategic programme management, focusing on innovation, technology integration and institutional improvement. He is the Director of Operations for IoT Tribe, an equity-free deeptech accelerator headquartered in London with offices in Dublin and Singapore. Programmes include Janus, the chosen delivery partner of UK Defence Innovation, within the Ministry of Defence, and NATO DIANA. After leaving the Army, he co-founded a UCL-backed spinout but joining Universal Defence and Security Solutions (UDSS) as Chief of Staff to General Sir Richard Barrons KCB CBE, the primary military author of the UK's Strategic Defence Review. Whilst there, he supported strategic insights whilst delivering technolo