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11 March 2025 at 08:15 – 09:45 GMT
Our Geostrategy Forum convenes and connects prominent stakeholders for monthly breakfast discussions on key geostrategic issues and foreign, defence and international trade policy matters. A keynote speaker discusses a prominent topic before invited guests exchange their views and ideas in a roundtable format.
The Geostrategy Forum takes place once a month at the In and Out Naval and Military Club. Events are by invitation only and take place strictly off the record.
Keynote speaker
AVM Mark Ridgway
Director, Defence Futures, Strategic CommandAVM Mark Ridgway is the Head of Defence Futures at Strategic Command, a position he assumed following his promotion to Air Vice-Marshal in October 2024. Since joining the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1999, he has held a range of command positions, including in multinational environments, with multiple operational deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the wider Middle East. His staff tours have included roles at the Permanent Joint Headquarters, the Air Warfare Centre, 11 Group at Air Command, and United States Central Command, as well as various professional appointments across the RAF. Prior to his current role, he served as the Commanding Officer of the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence. AVM Ridgway is a graduate of the UK Advanced and Higher Command and Staff Courses and the Windsor Leadership Trust. He holds multiple master’s degrees and a Doctorate in Business Administration.
Honorary chair
Dr Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter OBE
Honorary Chair, Geostrategy ForumDr Carl Hunter OBE is Chairman of Coltraco Ultrasonics, a high-exporting advanced manufacturer. He is also: Chairman of the British Exporters Association; Director-General of the Durham Institute of Research, Development and Invention; Director of the Centre of Underwater Acoustic Analysis; Professor-in-Practice at Durham University Business School; Visiting Fellow of the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre; and Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology.
Venue
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