James Roddis DSO MBE

James reached the rank of Major General and was the former Director of Strategy for UK Strategic Command (now Cyber and Specialist Operations Command). His operational experience is extensive including command roles in Afghanistan, the Middle East and leading support to Ukraine.

In the military his responsibilities included driving major organisational change across UK Strategic

Command (workforce of 27,000), chair of the Defence Targeting Enterprise Board, providing

unbiased ministerial advice to the Defence 2023 Integrated Review and informing the early stages of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review. Since leaving the military he has operated at the intersection of technology and defence helping to apply innovation to solve defence’s most pressing problems and demystifying the procurement process for SMEs and FSTE 250 companies, alike.