The founding team brings decades of ministerial experience, two decades of domain expertise across policing and national security, and the technical depth to build classified-environment intelligence platforms at radical speed.

Our team includes the Chief Architect of a globally deployed intelligence platform used by law enforcement and defence agencies worldwide, a holder of over 20 US patents in AI, cybersecurity and natural-language processing bringing over three decades of experience at the intersection of AI and national security.

Governance is not an afterthought - the advisory board is unmatched in the UK GovTech space.

The Lockhouse delivery team deliver actionable intelligence products at pace: we are security cleared, have experience of running complex programmes under significant scrutiny, and have the appropriate infrastructure and accreditation.

  • 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

    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

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.