Your Partners in Safeguarding Excellence

Simon Bailey CBE, QPM, DL served for 35 years as a police officer, the last 8 years as the chief constable of Norfolk, and the national policing lead for child protection.

As chief constable, Simon led one of the highest performing forces in the country and achieved an outstanding assessment from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for effectiveness. 

As the national policing lead, Simon was responsible for designing and delivering what is regarded as the world leading response to pursuing online child sexual abuse offenders,. Simon gave evidence on behalf of the police to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse on multiple occasions. 

After retiring from policing in 2021, Simon has continued to contribute to the global response to child sexual abuse, as the chair of the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute (IPPPRI) at Anglia Ruskin University, as joint curator of the annual IPPPRI conference and creator of the Excellence in Global Online Harms Protection Awards, as a contractor leading Child Rescue Coalition’s strategic response to the threat, and as an internationally recognised speaker and media commentator. He was a member of the Department for Education National Safeguarding Practice Review Panel and a member of several national reviews. 

The Bailey Review was commissioned by the Home Office and Simon made a number of recommendations to improve the Disclosure and Barring Service. 

As a strategic leader, Simon has extensive experience designing and delivering transformational change programmes, leading cultural change projects and strategic planning. Invested in developing senior leaders, Simon has an outstanding record supporting leaders to achieve their full potential 

Simon was awarded the Queens Police Medal in 2016, the Commander of the British Empire in 2022 and appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk in 2021. 

Simon has a master’s degree in criminology from Cambridge and an Honorary Science Doctorate from Bedfordshire University. 

Phil Attwood is a former police officer, with an extensive background in complex investigations and safeguarding. He is an experienced leader and investigator with a strong background in covert policing tactics, sensitive intelligence, safeguarding, and high-harm online threats. 

His work as a detective for the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), involved establishing the undercover online capability to address high-harm online offenders. This included supporting staff to achieve intelligence professionalisation accreditation, and the sharing of strategic advice on organized crime across the sector. 

Also within this role, he coordinated work to tackle modern slavery initiatives, managed international policing operations, and led covert operations against organised crime groups.

Phil was the national undercover online coordinator for CSAE working within the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) as a Detective Chief Inspector. He provided strategic and tactical advice to the national undercover network, partnered with NGOs and industry leaders to develop technology to combat online child exploitation.  Phil oversaw covert tactic deployments, and managed 300 UK-based staff. This led to improved national performance, increased arrests, the safeguarding of children, and convictions of high-harm offenders. 

He led national capabilities through the COVID pandemic, innovated to address future threats such as AI and virtual reality.  Phil secured partnerships and legislation amendments for improved online safety, influenced social media companies to enhance content moderation.  He created a unique world-leading intelligence team and developed international networks with foreign law enforcement agencies.

As director of impact at the Child Rescue Coalition, Phil leads the development of innovative child safety technology for law enforcement, particularly in the field of end-to-end encryption. He leads the delivery of commercial contracts with industry stakeholders, collaborates with a global network of regulators, NGOs, and industry leaders, and coordinates global training programmes for developing nations.

Phil’s career to date highlights a strong commitment to innovative crime-fighting strategies, effective management, and international collaboration to safeguard vulnerable people and tackle serious and organised crime.

Phil has a degree in Politics and a Master’s degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice. 

Ngaire is a former  police officer and senior charity leader with years of experience  leading and influencing widespread improvements to the safeguarding of  children. 

As Deputy Director for England at the charity, Action for Children, Ngaire oversaw the organisation’s largest operational  service area, encompassing over 150 services and more than 1600 staff.  Responsible for services from early help and targeted intervention to  specialised residential care for children and young people, she played a pivotal role in strategic and operational decision-making. 

As  the operational safeguarding lead for England, she was responsible for  regulatory compliance, high-risk safeguarding cases and reputational  risk within both face-to-face services and those in the online  space. Managing a multi-million budget, Ngaire led and managed income  growth, working with stakeholders and influencing the development of  child safety policy. 

Prior to this role, she spent almost 10  years leading Norfolk Police’s Safeguarding Children Online Team,  leading investigations, intelligence operations, and policy development  related to online child sexual abuse and exploitation. Ngaire also  oversaw the budget and contracts for training and operational  requirements, responded to technological developments, and implemented  policies to improve national practices. She also led on the development  of the force-wide welfare offer for officers and staff. 

In an  earlier role as detective inspector for the Vulnerability Knowledge and  Practice Programme, Ngaire led a national policing program aimed at  coordinating and improving the police service’s response to  vulnerability. This led to her development of a national peer review  program, developing and leading change around the national management of civil orders, and mobilising the National Vulnerability Action Plan  (NVAP) across all forces.  

Throughout her career, Ngaire has  demonstrated strong analytical skills and a strategic mindset necessary  for navigating complex governance issues and driving impactful change.  She has extensive experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams,  managing high-pressure environments, and developing strategic  initiatives as well as dedication to enhancing the safety and wellbeing  of vulnerable people.