Sovereign AI for policing and national security cannot be assembled from theory. It requires people who have already shipped this work at scale.

Our technology leadership comes from deep-tech software and electronics, most recently in online safety and govtech, with a track record of building products, teams and companies as both an operator and a board director.

Our engineering discipline comes from 20 years of scaling venture-backed SaaS through hyper-growth. Our operating instincts come from the the FCDO, including national security crisis response. Our policy depth comes from the Cabinet Office and national policing.

Our work is guided by an Advisory Board chaired by Kit Malthouse, former Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with Lord Evans of Weardale KCB (former Director General, MI5), Neil Basu QPM (former Head of UK Counter Terrorism Policing) and Mary Calam (former Director General, Home Office).

  • Kit Malthouse MP

    Kit Malthouse

    Chair & Co-Founder

    Former Minister of State for Crime and Policing (2019-2022) and Deputy Mayor of London for Policing and Crime (2008-2012), Kit is one of the most experienced criminal justice policymakers in British public life, with deep roots across policing, the judiciary and the security services.

    He latterly served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and member of the National Security Council, before serving as Secretary of State for Education.

    Before politics, Kit founded and built a successful finance business from the ground up.

  • Gavin Lockhart-Mirams

    Gavin Lockhart-Mirams

    CEO & Co-Founder

    Gavin has 25 years' experience in policing and national security, including at the Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet Office.

    As founder of Crest Advisory, he has worked with or for every police force in the UK, the Home Office and others as well as Canadian, Australian and American partners.

  • Ian Stevenson

    Ian Stevenson

    CTO & Co-Founder

    Ian Stevenson is a technologist and serial entrepreneur with over 25 years' experience bringing complex technology to market in high-stakes environments.

    He co-founded Cyacomb (formerly Cyan Forensics), a digital forensics company whose tools enable law enforcement to find evidence of child abuse and terrorist activity on suspect devices in minutes rather than weeks. Cyacomb was recognised by the UK Government as offering game-changing technology, and was named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.

    Ian chairs the Online Safety Technology Industry Association and was awarded an MBE in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to online safety. He holds a first-class degree in Computer Science and Electronic Engineering from the University of Edinburgh and is a Chartered Engineer.

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    Mary Calam

    Advisory Board

    Decades of operational and policy experience, including within the Home Office as Director General. Mary is one of the UK’s leading experts on governance and strategy. Formerly NED at National Crime Agency and Chair of Advisory Panel for Intelligence Assessment.

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    Jonathan Evans (Lord Evans of Weardale KCB)

    Advisory Board

    The UK’s most senior intelligence official for six years as Director General of MI5. Jonathan sits on several other boards and brings extensive governance experience across the security and intelligence sector. He provides counsel on risk and governance for Lockhouse.

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    Neil Basu QPM

    Advisory Board

    Former Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, and Head of Counter Terrorism Policing (2018-2022). Led the UK’s national counter-terrorism response. Operational credibility and direct insight into frontline intelligence needs at the most sensitive level of policing.