Susie Braam has had a long and distinguished career in National Security and is an expert in corporate transformation and innovation. With over twenty years in the public sector, taking on esteemed roles such as Head of Innovation and Digital Transformation Advisor for the UK Ministry of Defence, Susie has a host of unique insights from her experience and thought leadership. Praised for her candid approach, Susie is a highly sought-after speaker.
With an educational foundation in history and politics from the University of Exeter and University College London, Susie has gone on to have an illustrious career in UK National Security. Beginning in 2011 as the Head of Strategic Intelligence Assessments, where she lead assessment groups providing counter intelligence – including threat reports during the London Olympics – Susie has held a number of senior positions at the Ministry of Defence including Head of Innovation, a role she also took on at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. In 2021, Susie became Digital Transformation Advisor at the MoD, where she advises executive teams on digital transformation and focuses on promoting equity, diversity and inclusion.
In recent years Susie has taken the skills and experience she’s garnered over a long and successful career to found Yellow Cat Innovation, where she provides innovation training and coaching to non-profits and the public sector to help transform organisations. Her clients have included NHS Scotland, London Borough of Camden and Ayrshire College. Susie is also an Associate Principle at Change Logic, a specialist strategic innovation firm supporting firms grow their business.
With over two decades of experience managing operational and assessment teams and navigating new legal, ethical and compliance issues, Susie is an expert in navigating complex situations. An engaging and dynamic speaker, organisations hire Susie to drive organisational change and foster a culture of innovation. Susie is the speaker to hire for leaders looking to get a fresh perspective on how innovation can grow their business.
How to hire Susie Braam
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Susie Braam's Official Speaking Topics are Listed Below:
- Leadership
- Strategy
- Innovation
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events:
"I have worked with Susie since 2021 as part of developing our corporate innovation offer and she has been instrumental in helping my members frow their understanding and capabilities around using innovation to solve tricky challenges. What I have really enjoyed is learning about Susie's own personal leadership journey which has helped shape the engaging way she is able to communicate with a wide variety of leaders at all levels within an organisation. She is my go-to speaker if I want someone to help an audience understand what corporate innovation is and how it can be used to address business challenges at speed and in a systematic way. A thorough knowledge of all the key elements of delivering innovation from ideation through to incubation and scaling." - Ian Wright, Founder and Chief Executive, The Disruptive Innovators' Network
"Having seen Susie speak at an external event with such impact, we invited her to keynote our company's Change Leaders Forum. Her engagement with the audience landed very well as the session was interactive. From feedback across the group, our leaders found the talk interesting and something they could take forward. Personally, the ability to connect theory to practice by giving tangible examples and making the topic relatable supported the objectives we had for the day. Susie was a pleasure to work with. Very approachable, practical and well prepared. Nailed the brief that we had and Susie set the tone/energy for our day in her keynote which was exactly what was needed, and contributed to the success of the day." - Jane Blackman, Assistant Director of Change and Innovation, Paradigm Housing
- 2023 – Associate Principle, Change Logic
- 2020 – Co-Founder, Yellow Cat Innovation
- 2021 – Digital Transformation Advisor, UK Ministry of Defence
- 2018 – Head of Innovation, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- 2015 – Head of Innovation, UK Ministry of Defence
- 2013 – HR Business Partner for Counter Terrorism
- 2011 – Head of Strategic Intelligence Assessments, UK Ministry of Defence
- 2002 – MA, Slavonic and East European Politics, University College London
- 2000 – BA, History and Politics, University of Exeter
