Published: January 10, 2026 at 6:16 pm
Former Darktrace CEO and the UK Government’s Minister for Investment, Baroness Poppy Gustafsson CBE, has secured a new position.
Gustafsson left her role as UK Investment Minister last September after less than a year in post.
Now she’s been appointed trustee of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), which is the world’s oldest and the UK’s leading defence and security think tank.
Gustafsson, whose LinkedIn profile reads ‘enjoying doing less for a bit, said: “Whilst I am still very much enjoying not working full time, I have started to have a few conversations with friends about what I will do next. Some of the strongest advice is to ‘do what interests you’.
“It is for that reason that I am delighted to join RUSI as one of their trustees.”
As CEO of the global cybersecurity firm Darktrace, Gustafsson helped build from startup to international scale, including a London Stock Exchange listing and multi-billion-pound acquisition.