Meet the Team

Navy Leaders is driven by a passionate, dedicated (and occasionally a bit bonkers) team of professionals who genuinely care about the defence sector. We’re not your typical media business, we’re embedded in the world we cover, with serving military personnel working alongside our content, events, and creative teams. That insider perspective keeps us sharp, grounded, and always relevant.

We pride ourselves on being collaborative, curious, and just the right amount of unconventional. Whether we’re running major events or producing high-impact content, we bring energy, insight, and a shared sense of purpose to everything we do.

We’re also growing! if you think a role with us sounds like your kind of challenge, check out our CAREERS to see what opportunities are currently open.

Research and Defence Engagement

Harry Macleod

Defence Director

harry@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 931

Penny McPherson

Content Director

penny@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 934

Sebastian Britton

Defence Engagement Manager

sebastian@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 932

Thomas Gardner

Defence Engagement Executive

thomas.gardner@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 923

Nicholas Stanig

Defence Engagement Executive

Nicholas@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 935

Rory Southall

Defence Engagement Executive

Rory@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 944

Commercial Team

Oliver Whitlock

Head of Business Development – Navy

oliver@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 927

Michael Tilsed

Sales & Strategy Director

michael@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 926

Maxwell Field

Event Director & KAM

maxwell@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 921

Billy Bate

Event Director – CEL

billy@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 940

James Whitlock

Sales Manager

james@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 938

Simon Keable

Head of Sales Performance

simon@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 920

Dylan Berman

Delegate Sales Executive

dylan@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 929

Arthur Rogers

Delegate Sales Executive

arthur@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 936

Tia Meddins

Delegate Sales Executive

tia@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 162

Audience Team

Glenn Wheeler

Head of Defence Engagement

glenn@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 942

Tom Wiffen

Navy Manager

thomas@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 922

Thomas Booker

Audience Executive

thomas.booker@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 919

Ross Gower

Audience Executive

ross@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 930

Aeden Mcarthur

Audience Executive

aedan@defenceleaders.com   

+44 1245 407 939

Adam Amrane

Senior Audience Executive

adam@defenceleaders.com   

+44 1245 407 935

Marketing and Industry Engagement

Aiden hall

Marketing Manager

aiden@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 928

Jay Catchpole

Marketing Executive

jay.catchpole@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 160

Simon Leek

Defence Journalist

simon.leek@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 943

Jacob Smith

Defence Journalist

jacob@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 163

Operations and management

Andrea Dear

Operations Manager

andrea@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 925

Georgina Atkins

Events Manager

georgina@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 161

Chanel Clark

Accounting & Bookkeeper

chanel@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 916

Lynne Leather

Accounts Manager

lynne@defenceleaders.com

+44 1245 407 945

Matthew Birch

Chief Operating Officer

matthew@defenceleaders.com

Nathan Martin

Founder & CEO

info@defenceleaders.com

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