Confirmed speakers
Conference host
- Dan Campsall, Chair, Agilysis
Keynote speakers
- Baroness Newlove, Victims' Commissioner (video presentation)
- Chief Constable Jo Shiner, Sussex Police, NPCC lead for Roads Policing (video presentation)
- Commander Kyle Gordon, Metropolitan Police
Speakers
- Ross Moorlock, CEO, Brake
- Ruth Purdie OBE, CEO, UKROEd
- Nicola Lester, Psychological Trauma Consultancy
- Ian Greenwood, road safety campaigner
- Calvin Buckley, bereaved road victim and road safety campaigner
- Frank Hough, bereaved road victim and road safety campaigner
- Chris Lewis, Warwickshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner
- Steve Kilsby, Leicestershire Police
- Craig McNeill, Police Scotland
- David Clement QPM, former senior investigation officer, legal associate
- Hannah Bailey, Blue Light Wellbeing
- Paul Farley, Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB)
- Deborah Sleightholme, chair of trustees, Brake
- Marco Fantin, Brake's National Road Victim Service
- John Millward, Metropolitan Police
- Vicky Leadbeater, Brake's National Road Victim Service
- Lucy Evans, Make Amends Restorative Justice Service, Shekinah
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Baroness Newlove, Victims' Commissioner
As Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales, Baroness Newlove is a champion for victims’ rights. Appointed in October 2023, she uses her voice to advocate for those impacted by crime. Her responsibilities include overseeing the implementation of the Victims’ Code, ensuring its effectiveness in supporting victims, and advising and holding government and other criminal justice agencies to account.
Baroness Newlove’s passion for championing victims stems from her personal experience. The tragic loss of her husband to violent crime fuelled her passion to advocate for stronger protections and better treatment for victims. During her first two terms as Victims’ Commissioner (2013-2019), she laid the groundwork to enshrine victims’ rights in law and led important reviews on anti-social behaviour, the Victim’s Code, and reforms to the Parole system. She also campaigned to improve victims’ experiences in court and give them a voice throughout the criminal justice process.
Baroness Newlove continues to be a powerful voice for victims and is set to use her term to scrutinise the government’s landmark Victims and Prisoners Bill, ensuring it serves its purpose to improve victims’ experiences of the criminal justice system.
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Chief Constable Jo Shiner, Sussex Police, NPCC lead for Roads Policing
Jo’s policing career spans more than 30 years, during which she has undertaken a variety of roles across three forces. These have predominantly been operational, both in uniform and within Public Protection commands and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Jo was appointed Sussex Police’s Chief Constable in 2020 and is also the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for Roads Policing. She provides local, regional and national leadership and direction to make roads safer, working tirelessly to prevent death and casualties. Jo has always believed that the effective policing of our roads will reduce crime and save lives.
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Commander Kyle Gordon, Metropolitan Police
Kyle is currently a Front Line Policing Commander in the Metropolitan Police. Prior to this, between 2018 and 2022, he was the Met’s Roads Policing lead.
He has been the National Police Chief’s Council lead for Roads Policing Operations, Intelligence and Investigations since 2020, investing his time in enhancing the recognition of roads policing as a specialism on a par with firearms and public order. He is passionate about challenging the UK’s complacency around road harm.
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Ross Moorlock, chief executive, Brake
Ross was appointed CEO in January 2024, having held the position of interim CEO for 9 months before being appointed to lead the charity. Prior to this, he was chief operating officer for 4 years, and business development director for 2 years. Ross brings a steadfast determination and a wealth of experience to the role of chief executive and is well placed to lead Brake into and through its next strategic period. Ross is a keen road cyclist and runner, and he is passionate about road safety and reducing road deaths and injuries.
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Dan Campsall, Chairman, Agilysis
With a background in charity leadership, Dan currently serves as chairman of Agilysis, trustee of RoadSafe, advisor to the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards and is vice-chair of the UK’s Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS). He is a fellow of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation and works with global institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank. Dan recently wrote the WHO Guide for Governments and Lead Agencies on Documenting Road Safety.
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Deborah Sleightholme, chair of trustees, Brake
Deborah is a partner and head of strategic relationships within the individual services division of national law firm Hugh James and has been chair of Brake’s Board of Trustees since 2010. Having experienced the devastating death of her grandad in a road crash and lived through the aftermath of that, Deborah is passionate about ensuring bereaved families and people with life-changing injuries receive accurate information and appropriate signposting to enable them to make informed choices in the face of adversity, empowering them to cope during the worst time of their lives and helping them to move forward to a different future. Throughout her 30-year career as a serious injury lawyer, Deborah has represented clients all over the UK and delivered training for police family liaison officers, charities, healthcare professionals and other lawyers, encouraging them to work together to achieve the very best possible outcomes for those they are supporting.
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Ruth Purdie OBE, Chief executive officer, UKROEd
Ruth’s policing career spanned 33 years and took her to the rank of Assistant Chief Constable. Before she took on her role at UKROEd, Ruth was General Secretary of TISPOL, the European Roads Policing Network. She has worked with European governments, senior police officers and road safety experts to deliver a co-ordinated approach to road safety across Europe. The experience she gained in these roles contributed to her skill in crisis management, coaching, assessment, government, emergency management and law enforcement. As CEO, Ruth is responsible for overseeing UKROEd’s strategic delivery.
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Dr Nicola Lester, Psychological Trauma Consultancy
NIcola is the clinical consultant for the National Road Victim Service and has worked with Brake for four years. She provides clinical guidance and support to caseworkers to develop trauma-informed approaches to their practice. Nicola previously worked as a mental health nurse, and specialises in working with psychological trauma, supporting organisations in the UK and overseas to develop trauma-informed approaches to practice. She has a specialist interest in understanding how organisational responses to traumatic bereavement affect bereaved families.
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Dr Ian Greenwood, road safety campaigner
Ian is a campaigner working to stop road deaths. He worked for the NHS for more than 30 years, and held senior roles in trauma services. In 2008, his 12-year-old daughter, Alice, was killed when an oncoming car, driven by a young driver, crashed into his family’s vehicle. The young driver and their passenger were killed, and Ian’s other daughter, Clara, and their mum, were seriously injured. Ian retired early to recover, to study and better understand road safety policy, graduating with a PhD. He is now a full-time campaigner.
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Calvin Buckley, bereaved road victim and road safety campaigner
Calvin's partner, Frankie Jules Hough, and their unborn daughter, Neeve, were killed in a road traffic collision by a dangerous driver in May 2023. Frankie also had her two sons and her nephew in the car. The boys all survived, but with life-changing injuries.
Out of this tragic event, Calvin has been campaigning and raising awareness about road safety to try and change attitudes about dangerous driving and to make our roads safer for present and future drivers.
He is one of the founders and chairs of Frankie and Neeve’s Road Safety Academy, alongside Frank Hough, Frankie’s father and Neeve’s grandfather. Together, they want to create early years education on road safety which teaches children safety and respect for all road users. It is hoped by catching children early in their development and following them through school until they reach driving age, they can make generational changes.
Our mission is:
“To change attitudes of current unsafe motorists and to instil a more respectful and safe approach towards road safety in the drivers of the future."
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Frank Hough, bereaved road victim and road safety campaigner
Frank's focus is to turn his grief and sadness into positivity.
He wants to talk about how he and Calvin, together with other family members, including Frankie's eldest son and nephew, are creating a charity that allows them to carry Frankie and Neeve with them always, and create a legacy in their names, that will make a real difference to road safety and the drivers of the future.
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Chris Lewis, Warwickshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner
Chris is the road safety and roads policing policy lead for the Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). He has held this role since 2014. He was a serving police officer for 30 years prior to joining the PCC’s office. He held senior positions in operations and roads policing at various points in his policing career. Currently, Chris’s role includes chairing the Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership Operations Board overseeing the partnership’s commitment to safe systems and in particular post-crash response. Chris has led the development of the Independent Road Victim Advocate (IRVA) service in Warwickshire and has been very active in helping to achieve a dedicated road victims memorial in Warwickshire that was unveiled in July 2023 to much acclaim.
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Steve Kilsby, Leicestershire Police
Steve is a Detective Inspector and Head of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) with Leicestershire Police. He has worked with the force for 22 years in a variety of frontline and detective roles. Steve champions road safety in his local community and he and his team put road crash victims and their families at the forefront of their daily work.
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Craig McNeill, Police Scotland
Craig is a Police Sergeant with Police Scotland. He has worked with the force for 21 years, with a large majority of this time spent within road policing. In his current role of Road Policing Operational Support Sergeant, Craig oversees forensic collision investigation for Police Scotland, and provides a range of support functions to road policing officers, including working closely with partners like Brake.
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David Clement QPM, former senior investigating officer, legal associate
Before becoming a legal associate, David was a Police Sergeant investigating road deaths and collisions resulting in serious injury. His role involved deploying and managing family liaison officers (FLOs). He draws on this and other experience to ensure the team at Irwin Mitchell provides the highest levels of support to road victims and their families.
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Hannah Bailey, Founder, Blue Light Wellbeing
Hannah is a mental health and wellbeing expert, specialising in working with the emergency services. She is a psychotherapist, trauma therapist and wellbeing coach helping those who are struggling with burnout, compassion fatigue and PTSD. Having served as a police officer for 15 years, she understands the unique demands and cultures of working in a 'blue light' role, and brings a wealth of personal and professional experience to her work.
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Paul Farley, Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB)
Paul joined the MIB enforcement team in 2018 after 30 years’ experience in law enforcement with West Midlands Police. During his time with the force, Paul led teams across several portfolios including Traffic and Air Operations policing. Paul also managed the West Midlands Casualty Reduction team. During the latter part of his policing service, he performed the role of tactical firearms commander in the Birmingham area.
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Marco Fantin, Partnerships manager, Brake
Marco joined Brake two years ago, following a 32-year career in the police. During his policing career, he spent most of his time working in criminal investigation but also took on a family liaison officer (FLO) role supporting families bereaved by homicide. During his time at Brake, Marco has worked as a caseworker, supporting families in the North East. As partnerships manager, he works with police forces around the UK, highlighting how Brake’s National Road Victim Service can provide support for families after a road crash.
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Detective Inspector John Millward, Metropolitan Police
John Millward is a Detective Inspector in the Metropolitan Police and leads the North area Serious Collision Investigation unit. He has been a police officer for over 15 years, starting his career in Cambridgeshire Constabulary before transferring to the Metropolitan Police in 2018.
He moved into fatal road traffic collision investigations in January 2023. He is the Family Liaison Manager for the Road Transport Policing Command (RTPC) with oversight of all the Family Liaison Officers (FLOs) and co-ordinators in the RTPC.
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Vicky Leadbeater, Caseworker, National Road Victim Service, Brake
Vicky is a regional caseworker with Brake’s National Road Victim Service covering the East Midlands. She has been at the charity for two years, providing trauma-informed practical and emotional support to road victims. Vicky has extensive experience supporting people with mental health issues, spinal injury and brain injury. She previously worked at Headway as a senior helpline advisor for 8 years. In her spare time, Vicky runs a community interest company called Secret Kitchen, turning surplus food into delicious meals for social eating events to promote community cohesion and combat social isolation.
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Lucy Evans, Make Amends Restorative Justice Service, Shekinah
Lucy Evans has been in Shekinah for just over eight years, initially as a project manager in Torbay and then in Make Amends, the commissioned Restorative Justice Service for Devon, Cornwall, and Isles of Scilly, for the last two and a half years.
Lucy previously worked within the probation service and has always been interested in alternative ways of working within criminal justice to bring about change for those who cause harm, alongside trying to improve outcomes for those harmed.
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After the Crash 2024 is organised by Brake, the road safety charity. Brake runs the National Road Victim Service, which supports hundreds of families every year who have been bereaved or seriously injured in road crashes.
After the Crash sponsors
After the Crash 2024 is sponsored by Alderstone Solicitors, Horwich Cohen Coghlan (HCC) Solicitors and Slater and Gordon.