The Rt Hon Dame Penny Mordaunt

Penny Mordaunt was Secretary of State for Defence, for International Development and Minister for the Armed Forces and sat on the UK’s National Security Council. She has held four Cabinet roles and was Minister for Trade Policy. As Paymaster General she was the UK’s first defensive cyber lead. She headed the UK’s civil contingencies and rewrote the UK’s resilience strategy post covid. As a local Government Minister, she had responsibility for the fire service. Her experience spans disaster and humanitarian relief, disease outbreaks, terrorist attacks and all UK defence operations and force generation. She has chaired COBRA, NATO and the EU Battle Group exercises. She was a Royal Navy Reservist for 10 years and an honorary officer for six, affiliated to our Mine Hunters and bomb disposal divers. She retains a support role with the Royal Navy as part of Barham Squadron. Pro bono she works to help build The UKs Defence capabilities. She advises investors in advanced technologies, and Chai