Experience

Othrys

• United Kingdom
• Security and Investigations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate

  • Jul 2022 - Present



British Army

• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategist

  • Nov 2021 - Jul 2022

  Transitioning to the private sector

• Assistant Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff

  • Jun 2018 - Nov 2021

  Strategic thinking, research and analysis, alternative insights, strategic communications, Trusted Advisor

• Chief of the General Staff's Initiatives Group

  • Apr 2016 - Jun 2018

  Scanned the horizon for strategic opportunities and challenges, framed intent and helped others to understand and align with it, sensed and warned against delivery and turbo-charged staff processes, constructed strategic communications and exercised influence to aid delivery of intent

• Senior Strategic Planner Ministry of Defence

  • Aug 2013 - Apr 2016

  Delivered strategic analysis and formulated national security policy and strategy choices for Ministers. Investigated and advised on the risk and resource implications of the choices

• Strategic Advisor & Planner Army HQ

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2013

  Set the conditions for Army transformation. Delivered an independent research and analysis capability to Board-level, created and instituted innovative initiatives to catalyse change. Stimulated ideas to counter ‘groupthink’

• Commander's Initiatives Group

  • Jul 2010 - Aug 2013

  Gave extra intellectual capacity, extra time, strategic planning and alternative perspectives and insights to the Director General responsible for transforming the British Army

• Intelligence Officer

  • Mar 1997 - Aug 2010

  Early career spanned operations, planning and Intelligence roles. Highlights include leading a campaign review of the Iraq conflict which drove a reset of the UK approach and posture, producing a weekly fused analysis of the Afghanistan campaign which drove changes to training and doctrine and commanding a Squadron which incubated Defence’s inaugural cyber capability.



Royal Navy

• United Kingdom
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainee aircrew

  • Jan 1993 - Mar 1997