Lord Stevens
QPM DL

John Stevens is recognised as the most successful Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in modern times. By the time he left the service in 2005, officer numbers had passed 30,000, morale was high and the Met had earned respect from all sections of the community.

On risk and the threat to security, Stevens' approach is characteristically pragmatic. Whether the threat is from terrorism or fraud, he advocates thorough risk assessment, rather than allowing a culture of risk aversion to take root. Risks must be identified, evaluated, controlled and monitored.

After stepping down as Commissioner, Lord Stevens continued to lead the inquiry into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed. He has also investigated alleged transfer irregularities on behalf of the Football Association. He currently chairs the Stevens Inquiry into collusion in Northern Ireland, Interpol's Strategy Advisory Panel and David Cameron's policy group on border policing. In 2007 he was appointed international security advisor to Prime Minister Brown.

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Duncan Jarrett
OBE, EDS (Retired Met. Police Commander)

Duncan Jarrett is a globally experienced security professional. Recently retired, he has held a number of lead roles within the Metropolitan Police reaching the rank of Commander owing to many achievements including: Director of Scotland Yard National Hostage Negotiator Training and personally negotiated British hostage releases in China, Chechnya, Yemen, Peru, Iraq and Afghanistan, leading the 7 Nation International Security Advisory Group to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and heading up the Metropolitan Police involvement in the successful bid for London to host the 2012 Olympic Games.

In 2003 he was awarded the OBE for his CT work in Greece. He is currently leading the EDS National Security and Resilience Group.

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Nick Dyson
Former Director of Analytical Data Integration for the UK Government

Nick Dyson is former Director of Knowledge, Analysis & Intelligence at Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs. Previously he was Director of Information & Analysis at the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP). Prior to this he led the Information Centre, within DWP, with responsibility for information provision across the Department involving the collection, analysis and dissemination of virtually all DWP statistics and management information, and the direction and management of ASSIST2, a major leading edge IT project. He also influenced the formulation of a new Management Information strategy for the Department.

Nick has over 40 years of wide ranging experience in IT and managing the provision of multi-disciplinary information services in public and private sectors. During that time Nick has worked for several major companies and home Government Departments including being Head of the Statistical Service in the Solomon Islands.

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Anthony Ballard
Serco Home Affairs

Anthony Ballard is a senior CLAS Consultant with Serco and manages a team of information security consultants. He has been part of the CLAS scheme for five years and has had over twenty five years experience in security. He is currently part of the Serco team that is delivering the e-Borders programme.

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John Denneny
Pentest Ltd

Initially recruited by Hewlett Packard to join the newly formed HP Labs facility in Bristol, John formed part of an elite group of IT researchers assembled from Europe's top academic establishments. John went on to run the European Donations Programme for HP, liaising with some of the most prestigious Universities in Europe.

In 1996, John started a new company, Xinetica which provided specialist infrastructure consultancy with an emphasis on IT Security.

In 2001 John formed Pentest Limited where he currently holds the position of MD. As a provider of leading edge IT Security, Pentest Limited provides expertise to "Blue Chip" organisations through specialist services in the field of database security and application testing.

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