Overview

Gender

female

Sally Walker is the founding partner of Human Digital Thinking.

ally finished a 25 year career in the National Security Sector as Director Cyber at GCHQ, running the National Offensive Cyber Programme from 2016 and leading the cross governmental creation of the National Cyber Force.

Sally specialised over her career in crisis management, and in support to defence. One of few senior female leaders to have graduated from the UK’s Higher Command and Staff Course at the Defence Academy in Shrivenham, she led the partnership with defence as a senior responsible owner for multi billion pound government capability development in cyber. The portfolio included the UK’s research and innovation base to support future cyber capabilities, and workforce and training strategies to meet current and future national skills shortfalls in technical disciplines.