Alan Gray is the Head of National Cyber Security and Resilience for The Scottish Government. A Security leader with over 15 years of experience within government, professional and public sector organisations, Alan has managed a wide range of security activities from strategic capability development to operational response. Previously as Chief Information Security Officer for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with responsibility for the cyber security of all core technologies and services both at home and across posts and embassies worldwide, he was also a member of the Government Security Board as representative for the CISO community across government. Drawing on past experience in National Security, academia, central government and the private sector, Alan has joined the Scottish Government to drive the consolidation and expansion of Scotland’s cyber security and cyber resilience activities, and to lead the Scottish Cyber Coordination Centre (SC3). 

With over 10 years’ experience in IT, Jessica is responsible for all Operational Security Services at FTSE 100 member, The Weir Group. Having graduated Abertay University in 2020 with a first-class honours degree in Ethical Hacking Jessica has delivered security transformation in global organisations and has experience across both offensive and defensive cyber roles, all with an underlying focus on threat intelligence. 

Michael brings 30 years operational experience in both Frontline Policing and the Criminal Investigation Branch.

Before assuming his current role as Counter Terrorism Liaison Officer, Michael served as Officer in Charge for several high-profile homicide investigations and critical incidents, including shootings and fatal vehicle crashes involving police. His portfolio also includes investigations into alleged criminal conduct by Members of Parliament, as well as fatal maritime and aviation incidents and joint organised crime investigations related to drug importation.

In March 2019, Michael was promoted to Detective Inspector, where he oversaw Major and Organised Crime. During this time, he was appointed Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) responsible for managing the initial investigation following the Linwood Mosque incident during the March 15 terror attack.

Following this experience, he was designated as the Canterbury District National Security Lead, tasked with overseeing the detection, investigation, and prevention of terrorist threats.

Currently, Michael serves as the New Zealand Counter Terrorism Liaison Officer at the New Zealand High Commission in London.

Detective Sergeant Tyson Pickavance began his policing career with the AFP in 2013 as a uniformed officer at Sydney Airport. In 2015 Tyson moved into plain clothes policing, working in and leading investigations across numerous crime types, including organised crime, fraud and money laundering and cybercrime. In 2022, Tyson assumed leadership of the AFP’s ransomware target development and disruption team, which included responsibility for Operation Orcus, a multi-government task force brought together to fight ransomware. He also led the AFP’s involvement in Europol Operation Cronos – the international operation targeting the LockBit ransomware group. In January 2025, Tyson was appointed as the AFP Cybercrime Liaison Officer based in London. 

Wanda Mizell has been with the FBI since 2004, working multiple programs to include Cyber and Counterterrorism matters. During her time with the FBI, Intel ALAT Mizell helped build the geospatial program in the FBI, worked major cyber threats out of the Atlanta and Washington Field Offices, and was a member of the Evidence Response Team, working several high profile investigations such as Pulse Night Club and the Chattanooga shootings.

In 2016, Intel ALAT Mizell was assigned to Legat Pretoria where she helped build intelligence and investigative collaboration with over 13 African countries. Prior to coming to Legat London, Intel ALAT Mizell was the Supervisory Intelligence Analyst for the FBI’s intelligence personnel throughout Europe and the lead of the global partnership strategy team for the FBI. In 2021, SIA Mizell became the Intel ALAT in the FBI’s Legat office in London, where she focuses on Cyber and Criminal intelligence collaboration between the FBI and international partners.

Eddie joined the Audit department of Arthur Young, Glasgow in 1986 and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1989. In 1990, he joined Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited as Group Financial Controller, and worked closely with Sir Arnold Clark on managing the company’s acquisitions. In 1998 he was promoted to Group Managing Director; since then, he has overseen the national expansion of the Group. In 2015 Eddie received an honorary fellowship of the Institute of the Motor Industry. He became Chief Executive and Group Managing Director of the Group in 2017 and was awarded the Motor Trader Outstanding achievement award in 2020 by motor industry peers.  

In order to continue the advancement towards digitization, Scotland perhaps needs to develop a roadmap for the integration of digital trust, identity and wallets, and in how data is shared across the public sector, especially in areas of health and social care. This, as much as possible, should be focused on the citizen, and aim to integrate with other evolving systems around the world, and respect privacy. Along with this, the evolution of new methods such as with homomorphic encryption could provide the public sector with the opportunity to better understand the demographics of the population, while supporting privacy-aware machine learning.

William (Bill) J Buchanan OBE FRSE  is a Professor of Applied Cryptography in the School of Computing, Edinburgh and the Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier University. He is a Fellow of the BCS and a Principal Fellow of the HEA. Bill was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to cybersecurity, and,  in 2024, he was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).  His social media tagline reflects his strong belief in changing the world for the better: “A Serial Innovator. An Old World Breaker. A New World Creator.” Bill also has a strong belief in the power of education and in supporting innovation from every angle and currently leads the Blockpass ID Lab and the Centre for Cybersecurity, IoT and Cyberphysical.   Bill works in the areas of cryptography, blockchain, trust and digital identity. He has one of the most extensive cryptography sites in the World (asecuritysite.com), and is involved in many areas of novel research and teaching.  He has published over 30 academic books and over 450 academic research papers. Along with this, Bill’s work has led to many areas of impact, including a number of highly successful spin-out companies (including Zonefox, Symphonic Software and Cyan Forensics), along with awards for excellence in knowledge transfer and for teaching. He recently received an ”Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge Exchange” award and was included in the FutureScot “50 Scottish Tech People Who Are Changing The World”, along with being a regular keynote speaker at a range of conferences. Bill’s true academic passion is building, analysing and breaking cryptographic methods. 

Alison is a recognised  digital leader in Scotland with a wealth of experience of many ground-breaking digital programmes across the public sector.  She has worked with many organisations across the Justice sector including Disclosure Scotland, Scottish Prison Service, Scottish Courts and Crown Office.  Her experience also includes a 2.5 year secondment as Head of the Digital Transformation Division of the SG Digital Directorate, during which she was involved in the Digital Justice DESC programme.

Alison is a former Chair of ScotlandIS and now works as a digital transformation strategist working with public and private sector to drive digitally enabled change. 

From the public to the private sectors and back again, Scott has worked in information and cyber security for the past 20 years. Having held CISO positions in the private sector, he joined NHS Scotland NSS in the throes of the Coronavirus pandemic and as Head of Information and Cyber Security leads the mission to deliver a world class cyber security operations capability for Scotland’s Health Sector. He is excited by the opportunities that new technologies and ways of working bring to society and an advocate of cohesive security strategies presented in everyday language that’s understood by users and decision makers alike. 

Mike Rogers retired from the U.S. Navy in 2018 after nearly 37 years of naval service rising to the rank of four-star admiral.   

He culminated his career with a four plus year tour as Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency – creating the Department of Defense’s (DoD) then newest large war-fighting organization and leading the U.S. government’s largest intelligence organization.  In those roles, he worked with the leadership of the U.S. government, the DoD, and the U.S. Intelligence community, as well as their international counterparts in the conduct of cyber and intelligence activities across the globe with a particular emphasis on cyber security.  He also assisted in the development of national and international policy with respect to cyber security, intelligence, data, privacy and technology – including extensive work with corporate leadership in the Finance, IT, Telecommunications and Technology sectors.  

Admiral Rogers is currently supporting companies in the private sector, serving as a member of various Boards of Directors or Advisory Boards or acting as a Senior Advisor – primarily in the areas of cyber security, geopolitics, quantum technology, robotics, space, and advanced technologies.  He also speaks globally to various business and academic groups and is working internationally in the cyber security, technology and national security arenas.    

He is a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor with Northwestern University’s Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute and a member of the advisory boards of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue, Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, and Sandia National Laboratory’s National Security Programs Division. He is also a member of the United States Naval Institute Board of Directors and works with the Joint Staff and National Defense University in the mentoring and professional development of DoD Flag and General officers.