Advisory Board
Susan E. Walton, Chair, Price of War Symposium
Susan E. Walton has over 25 years’ experience leading global institutional investment-research franchises at top-tier investment banks in London, New York and Hong Kong. An investor and entrepreneur, she has founded technology and digital-media start-ups focused on international affairs. She serves as a board member and senior adviser to think tanks, universities and commercial enterprises, with a network spanning political, business, defence, national-security and financial-services circles. She received the Czech Government’s Jan Masaryk Silver Medal of Honour for contributions to relations between the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Dr Matthias Danne, Vice Chair, Price of War Symposium
Dr. Matthias Danne is Founder and Managing Director of the recently founded Refence GmbH, Munich and a Senior Advisor at Sentris Capital, a PANEUROPEAN FUND MANAGER for European Sovereignty and Security. Refence advises public institutions, international organisations, companies and investors on the development, structuring and implementation of viable financing solutions for investments in defense infrastructure (PPP). Sentris Capital is a VC-Investor with a track record of 20 investments since 2018, headquartered in Tallinn. Since 9/26 he chairs the Supervisory Boards of Branicks AG, Frankfurt and VIB AG, Neuburg, two listed Real Estate Investment Companies in Germany. From 6/2020 to 6/2026 he served as Deputy CEO of DekaBank, most recently responsible for the entire asset management business and the Treasury of the Group – following a total of 20 years with changing responsibilities on Dekas Management Board. Previously, he held CFO, Chief Credit Officer and CEO positions on the management boards of four other listed Banks/Financial Holdings in Germany. He also served as an advisor to financial institutions at McKinsey & Company.
Michael Miller, Founder, Miller C. & Co.
Michael Miller is known for architecting strategies so founders and investors can achieve early value for their emerging technologies in the national security markets. His leadership across the private sector and U.S. government provides him with unique, specialized experience in guiding companies and investment firms to accelerate success in these market sectors. He spent 7 years as a Senior Advisor for the Secretary of Defense where he deployed $12B+ in U.S. investments to rapidly develop transformational technologies for the global war on terrorism.
Maria Tymofienko, CEO, Conservative Friends of Ukraine
Maria is an international lawyer and Head of the Ukrainian International Law Response team at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). Maria works closely with civil society and parliamentary groups organising numerous delegations of Ukrainian officials and opinion leaders to the UK as well as visits by UK MPs to Ukraine to help build and strengthen UK-Ukraine relations.
Following the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Maria set up Conservative Friends of Ukraine (CFU) and has been its CEO since its launch in September 2022 as a platform for deepening cooperation and support for Ukraine, both with the UK and its allies, and to strengthen Ukraine’s defence capabilities.