People Moves: Caroline Bellamy joins Strider Technologies

Caroline Bellamy is set to expand Strider Technologies’ AI capabilities as the company’s new Executive Director. 

In this role, she will focus on delivering the agentic data refinery that global organisations use to navigate the complexities of global competition.

With more than 35 years of digital and data experience, Caroline possesses a deep background in scaling advanced technology across government, industry and defence sectors. 

Her career is marked by an extensive international footprint, including high-level collaboration across the Five Eyes intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US. 

Most recently, Caroline served as the first-ever Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). 

During her six-year tenure, she spearheaded the first Defence Data Strategy and led a fundamental transformation in how data is governed and exploited to provide decision advantage across national security.

Before her time at the MoD, Caroline held senior leadership positions within FTSE 100 companies, including nearly two decades of combined experience at Vodafone and Centrica. 

Her contributions to the field have earned her consistent recognition as one of the most influential figures in UK technology and data.

Throughout her career, Caroline has been committed to digital transformation and the responsible use of AI to solve complex challenges. 

Strider aims to empower organisations with AI-powered strategic tools to identify state-linked risks and protect sensitive intellectual property.

“Throughout my career, I have seen first-hand how increasingly sophisticated competitors and indeed state actors exploit the openness of advanced digital and data capabilities and economies to access technology, talent and sensitive intellectual property,” comments Caroline

“Economic security is one of the defining challenges of our time, and it requires the best combination of technology, data, AI and the right people with the skills to meet it. 

“What drew me to Strider is exactly that – a diverse team that is genuinely mission-driven and ethically motivated, working globally for the security of what we want to defend. I’m proud to join an organisation where purpose and capability go hand in hand.”

In her new role, Caroline will help refine Strider’s AI-powered platform, which analyses billions of public data points to uncover hidden connections and emerging risks. 

“Caroline is one of the foremost leaders in applying data and AI to complex economic and national security challenges,” says Eric Levesque, President and Co-Founder of Strider Technologies. 

“Her experience building and operationalising advanced data capabilities across allied ecosystems aligns directly with how Strider is evolving its AI-powered strategic intelligence platform. 

“As we continue developing our agentic AI capabilities to transform open-source data into strategic intelligence, her experience will strengthen our ability to provide clients with clearer, faster insight into nation-state risk and support more confident decision-making.”

Her leadership will be instrumental as Western nations face mounting economic security threats from competitors.

Caroline will also be responsible for strengthening the ability of Strider’s clients to make faster, more confident decisions regarding technology, personnel and global partnerships in an increasingly hostile adversarial landscape.