Director of the Institute for Security & Resilience Studies (ISRS), Honorary Professor, University College London (UCL)

After a decade’s service with the British Army, Dr Jamie MacIntosh became a research scientist at the Ministry of Defence in 1995.

Before his secondment to ISRS, he was the Chief of Research and Assessment at the Defence Academy of the UK. He has fulfilled several advisory roles for Cabinet Ministers and senior decision-takers, in the UK and abroad.

In spring 2001, he co-authored the concept of “Resilience to Crises” for the UK Government, which anticipated the cascade of economic crises triggered since 2007. He has built teams that have worked in operational theatres and with many organisations facing the challenge of deep and broad transformation – in and out of conflict. How strategies gain traction through innovation remains core to his work leading ISRS.