Date:
20 April 2022
Time:
08:15-09:45 BST
Location:
In and Out Naval and Military Club, 4 St James’s SquareLondon, SW1Y 4JU
Format:
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
H.E. Angus Lapsley CMG
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to NATO
H.E. Angus Lapsley CMG is the UK’s Permanent Representative to NATO, a role he has held since April 2025. Prior to this, Angus served as the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning at NATO from September 2022 to March 2025. He was also an external reviewer in the UK’s Strategic Defence Review 2024 to 2025. Angus previously worked as the Director General in Strategy and International at the Ministry of Defence and as Director for Defence, International Security, and South East Europe at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. From March 2015 until September 2017, Angus served as the UK’s Political and Security Ambassador to the European Union.
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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