National Security Communications Team
People
Staffing
According to David Lidington MP, as of July 2018, the NSCT consisted of 7 civil servants as well as 3 civil servants who had joined on a temporary basis.[1]
Staff
- Victoria Woodbine – Head of National Security Communications (Jun 2017 - Present (Jan 2023))[2] [3]
Former staff
- Andy Burwell - Head of Stakeholder Engagement at National Security Communications Team (Mar 2019 - Apr 2020).[4][5]
- Darragh McElroy - Deputy Director of National Security Communications[6] (Feb 2019 - Aug 2020)[7]
- Daniel Walpole – Former Head of National Security Communications at Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet Office Communications (2018–2019), then Head Of Communications at Counter Terrorism Policing [8]
- Cormac Smith – Deputy Head of Communications/Head of Planning NSCT (April 18 – Nov 18). Previously embedded in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (Oct 2016 - Mar 2018).[9]
Resources
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1003323/National_Security_Communications_Team_annual_review_summary_2019_to_2020.odt
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/842737/National_Security_Communications_Team_Programme.odt
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conflict-stability-and-security-fund-national-security-communications-team-programme-summary-2020-to-2021
See also
- Specialist Group Military Intelligence
- National Cyber Security Centre
- Counter Disinformation Cell (AKA Disinformation & Misinformation Unit) - DCMS is the lead department.
- Rapid Response Unit
- Specialist Group Military Intelligence
- Counter-Daesh Coalition Communications Cell
- Counter Disinformation and Media Development
- Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
- 77th Brigade
Notes
- ↑ National Security Communications Unit: Staff:Written question – 157647 Asked by Jon Trickett, answered by David Lidington, HC Deb, 3 July 2018, cW, archived at: https://archive.vn/7LC0d
- ↑ Victoria Woodbine, LinkedIn Profile (6 June 2020) archived at: https://archive.vn/E87Qq
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-woodbine-b5319753/?originalSubdomain=uk
- ↑ Andy Burwell, LinkedIn Profile (6 June 2020) archived at: https://archive.vn/a88Et
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-burwell-a924b743/?originalSubdomain=uk
- ↑ Darragh McElroy, '10 years of the National Security Council', Civil Service Quarterly Blog (Feb 2020).
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/darragh-mcelroy-82b887113/?originalSubdomain=uk
- ↑ Daniel Walpole, LinkedIn Profile (7 June 2020) archived at: https://archive.vn/6lgZT
- ↑ https://archive.vn/7e7IW
