(Virtual) A Cityforum Policing Series – Riding the Waves of the Digital Revolution

Andrew has worked for Cisco for 22 years, the last 12 in the public sector team. Andrew’s career started in a UK based software house in 1988 at the advent of the Unix open systems revolution and the first relational databases. In 1994, Andrew worked in Hong Kong for Reuters and Grant Thornton, in roles that took him across South East Asia. At Cisco, Andrew now manages an experienced team working across Central Government and Justice and the Blue Light sector. It’s a fascinating role at a fascinating time in the world of IT.

David Darch has worked for BT for over 20 years. Over this period, he has held a number of posts starting his career working in BT indirect channels working with third parties and partners developing propositions for the Small, Medium and Enterprise market. David spent two years at BT Cellnet where he had responsibility for developing “pay monthly” propositions through BT’s high street retail channel moving to BT Global Services where he took various roles looking after the public sector central government business including the Fire Service. David joined the BT Police team in 2009 and in April 2020 became BT’S Public Safety and Justice Director having responsibility for BT’s business with UK policing, the fire service, the Home Office and related agencies, MOJ, courts and prisons.

Phil Davies is a serving senior police officer of 23 years, having delivered in a variety of operational and strategic roles in 3 Forces. He is currently the Director of Information for Greater Manchester Police having responsibility for the organisation's data strategy and delivery of new technologies to enable effective policing. Phil has recent experience as the Programme Director for a significant undertaking to replace legacy operational systems, including command and control, records management, intelligence, custody and property. He led the successful delivery of widespread mobile technology use in GMP, a number of academic partnerships involving technology on behalf of GMP and has wider research interests in the application of complexity science in policing.

Daniela Defazio is assistant professor of Management and member of the Centre for Research in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CREI) of the School of Management of the University of Bath, United Kingdom. She holds a PhD in Economics and Management of Technology from the University of Bergamo, Italy. Her research interests are in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship. She is particularly interested in the role of individual, teams and networks in shaping the path of innovative ideas to the market.

Ian Dyson has spent most of his life in London. He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1983, working within many different areas including crime and drug squads, vice and strategic planning. For eleven years, Ian was a public order cadre trained senior officer and has extensive experience of commanding the policing of large public events. Ian then joined Surrey Police as Assistant Chief Constable in June 2008 overseeing some of the highest confidence levels in the country and improving Neighbourhood Policing. Ian joined the City of London Police as Commander in September 2010 leading initially on organisational change, and later as the chief officer lead on Economic Crime, expanding the Force’s national fraud responsibilities. He was also the National Police lead for Contact Management and led the national roll out for the 101 non-emergency number. Two years later he was promoted to Assistant Commissioner leading cultural and business change, leadership and performance within the Force, embedding staff empowerment and innovation. He was promoted to Commissioner on the 3rd of January 2016 and was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in the New Year Honours 2016. Commissioner Dyson is the national police lead for Economic Crime, the national police lead for Business Crime, and the national police lead for Information Technology within policing.

Christine Elliott has been the Chair of the Health and Care Professions Council since March 2019. Its first lay Chair, she has considerable experience in leading, and leading change, in complex public and private sector organisations. She is currently a Director of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and an independent member of the Editors' Code of Practice Committee. She was previously the Chair of Borough Market and the Interim Chair of the College of Policing as well as the Chair of their Regulatory Consultative Group, having previously served as Senior Independent Director; and was a board member for six years. Christine has a strong interest in innovation and is an advisory board member of Convergence.tech, a digital transformation headquartered in Toronto, Canada. She also chairs the advisory board of Albeego Ltd, a British mobile telecoms firm providing digital devices with stable, secure internet connectivity. During her executive career, Christine held a number of Chief Executive roles, including Bletchley Park, where she led the regeneration of the Second World War code breaking site, turning it into an internationally renowned and award-winning museum. She has also been the Chief Executive of the Institute for Turnaround, the UK’s leading source of knowledge, education and best practice in transformation. She was most recently an Executive Director at Collaborate CIC, a think tank tackling complex social challenges.

Allan Fairley is the Managing Director of Accenture’s Public Safety business in the UK. His role focuses on using strategy and technology to deliver improved business outcomes for Law Enforcement, Justice and Border & Immigration Control sectors in the United Kingdom. He is also the current Chair of the Justice and Emergency Services Committee (JES) at TechUK. In this role, he Chairs the group which represents suppliers to the Justice and Emergency Services market with the aim of facilitating closer collaboration with clients to drive improved performance in justice and law enforcement.

Peter is Goodman is Strategic Adviser to Accelerated Capabilities Environment (ACE) at the Home Office.
Previously he was Chief Constable for Derbyshire and also the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for Cyber Crime, where he additionally took over the portfolio of national lead for Serious and Organised Crime. Peter has served in three forces during his 31 years’ service: Nottinghamshire, West Midlands and Derbyshire, as well as leading the East Midlands Special Operations Unit as Deputy Chief Constable for the region. In 2013, Peter was awarded the Queen’s Policing Medal for his contribution to national policing. He attended Nottingham High School and went on to complete a BA in English Literature at Leeds University, before joining the police. He has a keen interest in sport, in particular football and rugby and maintains an interest in current affairs.

Mike is responsible for the delivery of national scale data capabilities to policing and other law enforcement bodies. These capabilities leverage digital technologies, platforms and techniques in order to enable a profound impact for our customers and their ability to protect our communities. Mike’s background is in programme management having led complex IT, Telecoms and Transformation programmes across the public & private sectors. Latterly Mike has undertaken business leadership roles within the Transport and Public Sectors. Mike brings that delivery focus and strategic mindset to his role of Director, PPPT; working closely with senior law enforcement stakeholders to shape and optimise the national delivery environment.

Andy Marsh QPM, has served as Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police since February 2016 – the force he first joined as a new recruit in 1987. Andy developed his early leadership skills working in Bath, Bristol and Somerset in various operational and detective roles. As a Chief Superintendent he served as Commander for South Bristol and latterly Somerset East between 2001 and 2006, before moving to Wiltshire as Assistant Chief Constable and then returning to Avon and Somerset in 2009. Between 2013 and 2016, he served as both Deputy Chief Constable and Chief Constable of Hampshire Police. He led a large-scale transformation programme leading the force to be recognised as one of the best value for money nationally. In February 2016, Andy returned to Avon and Somerset as Chief Constable. He has led the development of an internationally acclaimed approach to data using advanced predictive analytics and visual graphics to prioritise and manage demand and has spearheaded a digital mobilisation programme equipping officers and staff with the latest technology they need to do their job. In 2018, he was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal (QPM). On a national level, Andy is the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) policing lead for both Body Worn Video and for International Co-ordination and was responsible for launching the Joint International Policing Hub.

Superintendent Sam Millar QGM Sam started her policing career in West Yorkshire Police having now transferred to North Yorkshire Police at Superintendent. During a time in the army as a young officer, Sam became an accomplished adventurer, was the first female officer to undertake artic warfare survival, became a ski instructor and learned how to build igloos! After a tour of duty in Northern Ireland, Sam was awarded the Queens Gallantry Medal, something she would describe as the proudest moment of her service for her family. Sam subsequently joined the police on a graduate scheme undertaking roles at every rank in operational delivery in some of the most complex and challenging areas within Leeds and Specialist Operations. After a short spell as staff officer, Sam’s interest in partnerships saw her head up a large community safety partnership in Leeds in 2014, known as Safer Leeds. In this role, Sam had strategic responsibility for a range of safeguarding work streams. She has influenced the national agenda around policing street sex working, has held roles as deputy chair of adults and children safeguarding boards and was recognised locally and nationally for her innovative and influential work with her Safer Leeds Team in developing the MASH in Leeds. In December 2018 Sam completed her masters level programme in evidence-based policing, using it as an opportunity to research and evidence the operational impact of a multi-agency approach to tackling on-street sex working. Sam is married with three children, having adopted her third child. She is a governor for her children’s local primary school and still retains a passion for skiing and walking in the mountains!

Stephen Mold was first elected Police and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire in May 2016. In January 2019, he took over the governance of Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service to become Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. Stephen has a passion to ensure that both the fire and police service make the best use of new technology to increase efficiency and effectiveness. Stephen is a member of the board of the College of Policing and serves on the board of both the National Enabling Programme and the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme.

John Owen is a senior technologist with a number of years experience within the private and public sector. Prior to joining the Home Office as the Chief Technology Officer for Police and Public Protection he spent time at Atkins as a Director, BAE Systems as an Executive Manager and SunGard Systems as the Head of Data and Solutions Architecture for Insurance Risk Management. He has worked with a number of leading clients in the public sector including the Ministry of Defence and has worked globally in the Insurance sector for companies including New York Life, Generali Insurance, and others. John has specialised in Data Architecture and Strategy but with a strong supporting role in the technical area. Currently leading on the redevelopment of the architectural approach for PPPT within the Home Office he has been working with Policing and others to define how national services can be delivered to increase velocity, sustainability and interoperability across the IT estate.

Wayne has worked in ICT for over 35 years and in police ICT for 25 years. He’s a fervent supporter of the police service and gets great satisfaction in delivering technology and services that make a real difference in policing and protecting the public from harm. His 25 years with Warwickshire Police and latterly with West Mercia Police have been diverse, leading him through business support services such as estates, transport, people services, finance and corporate communications in addition to ICT. He led the extensive ICT transformation programme to enable the alliance between Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police, and transformed the ICT service to a new digital service. He’s been actively involved with the development of NPTC over many years prior to taking on the role of the National Enabling Programme Director. Wayne has also been elected as the Chair of NPTC where he is a strong advocate of the Police ICT community.

Fiona started working with the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) in April, bringing with her experience of law enforcement and cyber knowledge. Fiona has 17 years’ experience in Law Enforcement as Head of Intelligence Analysis and Research at Sussex Police, and was the portfolio staff officer for Analysis. Fiona also conducted reviews on Police Forces on behalf of the College of Policing. After leaving Law Enforcement, Fiona joined the Bank of England, leading on cyber policy, sector engagement and incident coordination for the UK financial sector. Fiona has also worked as a cyber consultant, advising governments and large organisations. More recently, Fiona has been leading on the Home Office Cyber Digital Career Pathways project with the College of Policing, creating the Institute of Cyber & Digital Investigation Professionals (ICDIP) and is continuing with this scheme as it transitions over to CIISec.

Since joining Accenture in 2001, Matt has spent the last twenty years delivering large scale business and technology transformation programmes across Public and Private sector clients and has most recently been leading Accenture’s partnership with West Midlands Police to deliver the WMP2020 Transformation Programme. As part of their Public Safety practice, Matt also leads Accenture’s Police and Fire business in the UK.

During a varied 30-year career in the Metropolitan Police Simon enjoyed a variety of roles, notably as the Borough Commander for Hackney and latterly as Commander in charge of Public Order for London. Upon retirement in March 2012 Simon worked with Transport for London during the Olympic Games. In February 2013 he was appointed by the Home Secretary as the Independent Monitor for the Disclosure and Barring Service and then by the Northern Ireland Government as their Independent Reviewer of Criminal Record Information. Simon joined the National Enabling Programme in October 2018 where he was the single point of contact for Business Change across the North of England. In December 2020 Simon became the lead for Strategic Engagement working with senior staff in forces to encourage wider use of the NEP capabilities.

David Shaw served as a police officer for 36 years culminating in his role as Chief Constable of West Mercia Police from 2011-16. He also served at chief officer level in West Midlands Police leading on Counter Terrorism, Crime, Local Policing, Criminal Justice and ICT. He has held national portfolios in Fingerprints, Biometric Databases and Conflict Management. In late 2016 David became interim Programme Director for the Transforming Forensics Programme before joining the Home Office Biometrics Programme as Strategic Stakeholder Lead. In September 2019 he began a new role with responsibility for Stakeholder Engagement within the Innovation Team of the Law Enforcement Portfolio of the Home Office, supporting a range of major technology programmes. In July 2020, he commenced a programme of learning which will enable him to become a supervisor on the Police Executive programme at the University of Cambridge.

James Slessor is a Managing Director and leads Accenture’s Global Public Safety practice, focusing on policing, law enforcement, national security, justice, prisons and rehabilitation. He brings 20+ years of experience to his role helping public safety organizations enhance operational performance, increase efficiency and deliver improved outcomes to the public.
He has led a diverse range of programmes across public safety and has worked extensively across the UK Criminal Justice system with organizations including the Metropolitan Police Service, City of London Police, West Midlands Police, the Home Office and Ministry of Justice. He provides subject matter expertise and quality assurance globally to a number of Accenture’s public safety engagements. Accenture’s Public Safety practice draws together the latest international insight to build new strategies, operating models, processes, technology solutions and to drive innovation. James has written extensively on a range of public safety topics including the use of social media, information management, analytics, digital disruption and most recently the impact of COVID.

Jay Stanley started working on privacy and technology issues at the ACLU five weeks before 9/11. His role at the ACLU is to help the organization monitor, analyse, and explain the implications of new technologies for our privacy, free speech and other civil liberties. He has authored and co-authored numerous ACLU reports, policy papers, and blog posts on such topics as government and private-sector surveillance, police body cameras, drones, video analytics, and identity systems. Before joining the ACLU, he worked as an analyst at the technology research company Forrester Research, and did graduate studies in American history.

Dave Storey joined Hampshire Police in 1993 and has been a Detective at all ranks. He has led Reactive, Proactive and Regional Organised Crime teams dealing with multiple complex crime types. He has significant Major Crime experience as both case officer and SIO, with a conservative estimate of having investigated 50+ homicides. Dave was part of the team that won on the 2020 Digital Team of Year Award at the International Digital Investigation Awards for innovative practice in detecting the murder of a 13yr girl found in Southampton woodland in 2018. He undertakes National and Regional presentations to encourage knowledge and use of the multiple Digital opportunities present within crime investigation.

Gavin Thomas was elected as President of the Police Superintendents Association in 2016, representing all Superintendents and Chief Superintendents in England and Wales. Prior to becoming a full-time national officer of the Association, Gavin had been Head of Crime and Protective Services in Gloucestershire Constabulary. He has been a Detective for most of his career in fraud, serious and organised crime investigation, intelligence, and counter-terrorism. He has attended the FBI Quantico programme and has a keen interest in the application of technology and data to improve policing response to the new and emerging crime patterns online. He received an OBE in the Queen Birthday honours in 2019 and has since retired from the Police service and has since been engaged in consultancy and social enterprise.

Anna Valero is a Senior Policy Fellow at the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance, Deputy Director of the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) and an Associate of the Grantham Research Institute. Her research is focused on the drivers of productivity and innovation in firms and regions, and in particular the role of skills and universities in explaining differences in economic performance. She has also been working on UK productivity and growth policy more broadly, including work for the LSE Growth Commission and a series of Centre for Economic Performance-Grantham Research Institute reports on sustainable growth/recovery from Covid-19. Anna obtained a PhD in Economics at the LSE in 2018. Previously, she was a manager at Deloitte's Economic Consulting practice.

Giles York has enjoyed a successful career in policing across Kent, South Wales and Sussex. His work covered many aspects of operational policing including counter-terrorism, tackling serious organised crime as well as local policing. Nationally, he led a number of digital change programmes in policing and criminal justice. He was the national lead for Workforce, being the full range of people issues and leadership in policing. He championed diversity and inclusion on gender, race, disability and LGBT locally, nationally and internationally. He is a trustee for the UK Police Memorial Trust. He is married to Sally and they have three, mostly grown up, children and two springer spaniels.