People
The Strategy and Security Institute (SSI) unites high profile academics from University of Exeter disciplines including Politics, Arab and Islamic Studies, International Relations, and Business and Leadership plus visiting experts, academics and practitioners from other institutions and organisations.
| The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP | Former Secretary of State for Defence (2009-2010) |
| Sir Jonathon Band | Former First Sea Lord (professional head of the Royal Navy) |
| Mr Victor Chavez CBE | Defence, Security & Technology Consultant |
| Sir Stewart Eldon | Former Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to NATO |
| Lord Evans of Weardale | Former Director General of the Security Service (MI5) |
| Sir David Omand | Former Director GCHQ and then Permanent Secretary at the Home Office and the MOD |
| The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Pattie | Senior Partner of Terrington Management and former Minister of State for Defence Procurement |
| Mr Andrew Pringle CB CBE | President, International Government, Defence and Support Services at Kellogg Brown & Root |
| Sir John Scarlett | Advisor at Morgan Stanley, former Chief of Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) |
| Mr Robin Southwell | Former Chief Executive Officer of EADS UK |
| The Lord Stirrup | Former Chief of Defence Staff and Member of the House of Lords |
| Sir Kevin Tebbit | Former Director GCHQ and Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the MOD |
| Major General (Retd) Kevin Abraham | Director of AWCTS Limited |
| Professor Vlado Azinovic | Professor at the Department of Peace and Security Studies, University of Sarajevo |
| Dr Stephanie Blair | Independent Conflict and Stabilisation Advisor, Former Senior Civil Servant |
| General Sir Nick Carter | Former Chief of Defence Staff |
| Professor Malcolm Chalmers | Research Director / Director, UK Defence Policy Studies at RUSI |
| Professor Michael Clarke | Director, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) |
| Mr David Chinn | Director in McKinsey London Office |
| Rear Admiral Malcolm Cree |
Honorary Associate Professor |
| Sir Jon Day |
Former Chairman Joint Intelligence Committee |
| Sir Ciarán Devane | Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace & Social Relations at Coventry University |
| Edward Dinsmore | Director Army Reform |
| General Sir James Everard | Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Allied Command Operations |
| Dr Jonathan Eyal | Senior Research Fellow / Director, International Studies at RUSI |
| Lord General Nicholas Houghton | Constable of the Tower of London |
| Dr Roger Hutton | Former Director International Security, UK MOD |
| Rt Hon Dr Julian Lewis | Chairman of the House of Commons Defence Committee |
| Dr Jonathan Marcus | Diplomatic & Defence Correspondent |
| Sir David Omand | Former UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator and Head of GCHQ |
| Sir Hugh Orde | International policing consultant |
| General (Ret.) David H. Petraeus | Partner, KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute |
| Professor Patrick Porter | Professor of International Security & Strategy, University of Birmingham |
| Lord Richards of Herstmonceux | Former Chief of the Defence Staff |
| The Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm Rifkind KCMG QC | Honorary Fellow |
| Sir John Scarlett | Former Chief of MI6. Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley |
| Professor Michael Schmitt |
Professor of International Law, University of Reading |
| Professor Jamie Shea CMG |
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges NATO |
| Dr Robert Sullivan |
Deputy Director - Health Safety & Environmental Protection Policy, Ministry of Defence |
| Tom Tugendhat MBE MP |
Chair of the influential Foreign Affairs Select Committee |
| General Sir Peter Wall | Former Chief of the General Staff |
| Sir Myles Wickstead | Visiting Professor |
| Theodora Adekunle | Senior Political Officer, Operations Division at NATO |
| Professor Tarak Barkawi | Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics |
| Sir Anthony Brenton | Diplomat, former Ambassador to Russia, Fellow of Wolfson College Cambridge |
| Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles |
Diplomat, former Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan |
| Malcolm Craghill | Senior Teaching Fellow in Strategic Studies, University of Portsmouth |
| Mr Edward Ferguson | Minister Counsellor Defence, British Embassy, Washington DC |
| Mr Robert Fox |
Journalist and Defence Correspondent |
| Dr David Jackson | Co Director of Veteran to Veteran (Turning it around) |
| Joelle Jenny | Director, Joint Funds Unit, UK Cabinet Office |
| Will Jessett | Director, Strategy Development Group, SC Strategy Ltd |
| Jon Key |
Founder & Managing Director of Key & Co Ltd, Business Enhancement |
| James Kidner |
Head of Partnerships at Rebellion Defence |
| Mark Laity | Senior Director, The StratCom Academy |
| Mr Andreas Naumann | Managing Director, Global Head of Relationship Management, Moody's Investors Service |
| Mr William Nye | General Secretary to the Archbishops' Council and General Synod of the Church of England |
| Sir William Patey | Diplomat, former Ambassador to Afghanistan |
| Simon Pender | Deputy Director, Cabinet Office |
| Dr Mark Pyman | Managing Editor 'Curbing Corruption.com' and Senior Fellow, Institute of Statecraft |
| Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology | |
| Major General (Retd) Andrew Sharpe | Executive Vice President, IR Consilium |
| Lieutenant General (Retd) Sandy Storrie | Former soldier and Director, Rule 3 Consulting Ltd |
| Mr Richard Thompson | Former Foreign Office and more recently Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary |
| James de Waal | Senior Consulting Fellow in the International Security Department of Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs |
| Sir Rob Wainwright | Senior Partner and head of Deloitte's North-West Europe cyber security practice |
| Lt Col Jonathan Williamson |
Defence Attache British Embassy Sarajevo |
| Mr Richard Wylde |
Control Risks’ Director Government and Defence |
| Ms Caroline Wyatt |
BBC Journalist |
| Professor Malcolm Chalmers | RUSI |
| Dr Jonathan Eyal | RUSI |
| Professor Tony King | Professor of War Studies, University of Warwick |
| Jake Moores | Honorary Professor in Leadership, Plymouth University |
| Dr Andrew Rathmell | International Security Consultant |
| Professor Mike Schmitt | Professor of International Law |
| Steve Tatham | Specialist in Strategic Communication |
| Morgen Witzel | Fellow of The Business School |
| Crown Media | Media Simulation and Training |
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Dr Stephane Baele | Politics |
| Dr Katharine Boyd | Sociology, Philosophy, and Anthropology |
| Professor Achim Brucker | Chair in Cybersecurity |
| Dr Gareth Curless | History |
| Mr Richard Edwards | Law |
| Professor Robert Gleave | Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies |
| Professor William Harvey | The Business School |
| Professor John Heathershaw | Politics |
| Mr Alex Janes | The Business School |
| Professor Janice Kay | Provost |
| Dr Kubo Mačák | Law |
| Professor Steve McCorriston | The Business School |
| Dr Weeda Mehran | Politics |
| Dr Klejda Mulaj | Politics |
| Dr Farah Mihlar | Politics |
| Professor Richard Overy | History |
| Dr Brieg Powel | Politics |
| Dr Debra Ramsay | Film Studies |
| Professor Brian Rappert | Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology |
| Professor Jason Reifler | Politics |
| Bill Russell | Business School |
| Professor Michelle Ryan | Psychology |
| Dr Aurel Sari | Law |
| Dr Darren Schreiber | Politics |
| Professor Ruth Sealy | The Business School |
| Dr Mohammed Shareef | Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies |
| Dr Yanan Song | Politics |
| Dr Lise Storm | Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies |
| Professor Martin Thomas | History |
| Dr Catarina Thomson | Politics |
| Professor Michael Winter | Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute |
| Morgen Witzel | Writer, editor and consultant |
