Alex Stephenson Email & Phone Number

London, Uk

Helsing is a new defence company, focusing on bringing software-based capabilities to the armed forces. With a world-leading team of engineers and AI talent, we partner with government and established industrial partners to bring cutting-edge software to enhance mission capabilities.

London, England, United Kingdom

As the General Manager for Business Development and Global Partnerships I am responsible for establishing partnerships with Armed Forces and government organisations around the world. I engage with senior industry decision-makers to ensure our events remain at the bleeding edge of defence technology.

London, England, United Kingdom

As the Divisional Director I manage a team producing world class conferences that bring together senior representatives from military, government, industry and academia in order to share and overcome challenges. This involves generating and validating event topics through first hand research, and supporting my team to deliver them to a high standard. I am actively involved in establishing high-level partnerships with Armed Forces and government organisations to host the portfolio of… Show more As the Divisional Director I manage a team producing world class conferences that bring together senior representatives from military, government, industry and academia in order to share and overcome challenges. This involves generating and validating event topics through first hand research, and supporting my team to deliver them to a high standard. I am actively involved in establishing high-level partnerships with Armed Forces and government organisations to host the portfolio of events. Our portfolio has a global research and I have been involved in conferences in over 20 countries from Latin America, to Africa and Asia, with a home market int he UK and Europe. Show less

As Editor of Defence iQ I set the direction of the website for one of the world’s largest defence events and media organisations. I am responsible for the editorial theme, commissioning articles and research papers, and adding value to our members.

London, United Kingdom

As the Deputy Divisional Director I manage an event production team crafting world class business-to-business conferences. This involves generating and validating topics through original research, and supporting my team to deliver them to a high standard. I am also actively involved in establishing formal partnerships with Armed Forces and government organisations around the world to host our portfolio of events

Head of Engagement; responsible for meeting with senior military and government agencies in order to build relationships and partnerships across the worldProducing, managing and executing high-level defence conferences from research stage through to final on-site delivery Established a new portfolio of security summits focused on countering transnational organised crime with conferences focused on Caribbean, South America, West Africa and Mexico

London, United Kingdom

Providing clients with detailed research papers on public policy and political topics. This work included assisting with the production of a number of books from various authors. During this time I also wrote articles for Total Politics magazine and assisted with the organisation a highly selective but free-to-attend residential seminar at Cambridge University.

MA, Terrorism, Security and Society

Financial structures researcher on the HERO Review team. "The HERO Review: Harnessing, Efficiencies, Rethinking Outcomes - The Future of the Defence Estate"http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/warstudies/news/HEROreview.pdf

Worked in Washington DC as an adjunct scholar and Koch Fellow at the State Fiscal Policy unit of the Tax Foundation.Co-authored papers with Joe Henchman on various tax issues and trends that were developing at the time. The trends paper was mentioned in a number of media outlets, including the New York Times' 'Economix' blog.

Assisted with the implementation of a bespoke project for a client - we mapped their sales process and helped implement a new telesales architecture. Towards the end of the project I transitioned to a sales function role as part of a test phase to ensure the software was suitable and working as planned.

Ma - Distinction, Terrorism, Security And Society

Passed with distinction: My thesis applied a psychological model (Social Identity model of collective resilience) to mass-casualty events.

Ba - 2:1, International Relations

My key areas of interest included the use of Private Military Companies and applying Network Theory to non-state actors such as terrorist.

A Levels:, Economics; English Literature; Design & Technology