Simon Adair has spent decades operating in environments where deception, disruption, and high-stakes decision-making are not theoretical; they are the daily reality.

His career began in the Royal Marines before moving into Special Duties and then to British Intelligence Operations overseas, where he worked at the intersection of human behaviour, threat assessment, and operational pressure. He later held senior crisis and resilience leadership roles at BT, the NBA, and the BBC, guiding executive teams through complex operational, reputational, and strategic challenges.

As the current Group Director of Resilience in the BBC and founder of Crisis Pathway Consultancy, Simon works with organisations navigating the human side of crisis, the cognitive, emotional, and behavioural factors that determine how leaders think, communicate, and decide when the stakes are highest. Fraud and financial crime sit squarely in that territory: environments defined by deception, uncertainty, reputational risk, and the pressure to act decisively with incomplete information. His work focuses on building crisis-ready leadership through behavioural assessment, high-stakes simulation, and executive advisory, helping organisations not just respond to crises, but emerge from them with clarity, trust, and competitive advantage.

Simon brings to this summit a rare combination: elite operational experience in environments where human deception is the threat, and corporate leadership expertise in the organisations that face its consequences.