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James Everard commissioned in 1983, joining the 17th/21st Lancers in Germany on the Chieftain Main Battle Tank. Having commanded at every level - including the Queen’s Royal Lancers, 20th Armoured Brigade, 3rd(UK) Division and the UK Field Army - he ended his career in September 2020 as the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (and Operation Commander European Union Operation ALTHEA, Bosnia-in-Herzegovina). 

James Everard is President of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity and took up the appointment of Lead Senior Mentor for NATO Allied Command Operations in January 2021. He is committed to finding a sustainable solution to the digital skills challenge in Western militaries and serves as a global advisor for WithYouWithMe.

Major General Jones draws on 30 years of leadership experience in the British Army. Promoted as the youngest Major General at the time, his focus was on overseas operations, commanding in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and the Caribbean. He enjoys a proven track record working with multinational and inter-agency teams to deliver in the most challenging and complex international crisis situations. His roles included serving as deputy commander of the US-led coalition that defeated ISIS.

He recently left the military and is now working as a global advisor for WithYouWithMe. He is also Resident Expert to the Oxford Foundry entrepreneur accelerator programme.

Jim joined the Royal Navy as a weapon engineer officer in 1989. His career has spanned operational roles across the globe; equipment capability procurement; defence strategy and policy; before moving into transformation and strategic HR in the last portion of his career.

Most recently (until March 2022) he was Assistant Chief of Defence Staff Personnel Capability and Defence Services Secretary, where responsibilities included: strategic HR policy for 150K service women and men across the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force; HR Transformation; skills; senior military talent management; delivery of major military events (eg D-Day 75); honours, awards and medals; and managing the relationship between The Royal Household and Defence. He retired from active service in summer 2022 and amongst a range of transformation and leadership advisory roles is an advisor to WithYouWithMe.

After after 30 years of service and retiring as a General Officer in the Canadian Army, Chris has focused on partnering with members of the national defence and security community to help build a Canadian strategic culture that protects national interests.

Chris enjoys working with a diverse group of stakeholders, and believes "Canada has the expertise, innovation, and industrial capacity to devise informed solutions to the defence and security challenges facing the Nation”. As an executive in defence, he experienced the institutional inertia that limits the initiative of the hard working professionals charged with securing the Nation.

Chris sees significant opportunity for military and government partnering with private sector companies to not only enhance national defence and security, but also increase growth and profitability.

Jeffrey is a global risk, resilience and response leader and the the principal at JCarl Group. Prior to his role with the JCarl Group, he served over 20 years as an executive with BAE Systems. His key roles included appointment as Chief Security Officer (CSO), responsible for enterprise-wide security strategy, operations and assurance across a broad range of international markets. Prior to his CSO role, Dodson was BAE’s Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for over a decade where he led an award winning multinational cyber security team for the $20B company. He also held a variety of additional executive positions with BAE including advanced technology program management, strategy, and business development.

Jeffrey was previously a career miliary officer, reaching the rank of colonel with the U.S. Air Force. His duties included flying operations, weapons system acquisition management, special technical activities and command assignments.

Jeffrey is a board member and advisor to global technology companies and non-profit organizations.