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Elizabeth Bullock

Response Leader in Frontline Ukraine | On-the-ground Expert on Europe’s Modern War | Strategic Advisor on Leadership & Resilience under Adversity

"You don’t need a military background to operate in a war zone. You need humility, common sense and the ability to get shit done”

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Profile

Elizabeth Bullock is one of the few individuals to have spent three years operating in frontline areas of Ukraine. Just ten days after Russia’s full-scale invasion, she drove alone to Ukraine to evacuate civilians. What began as a plan to be there for a few weeks, turned into 1000 days of a war that would redefine her life.

Drawing on her background in technology start-ups and a family legacy of wartime resistance, Elizabeth co-founded and led British Expeditionary Aid & Rescue. An independent, agile team, it executed strategic, high-stakes civilian support in some of the most dangerous operational environments.

From evacuating bedridden civilians ahead of the Russian advance, to executing critical drinking water solutions after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam, and rebuilding liberated villages reduced to rubble, Elizabeth’s approach was rooted in action, integrity and self-sufficiency.

Rejecting bureaucracy and performative aid, she led with the precision and mindset of a start-up - lean, adaptive and unequivocally focused on results. Her work has been documented by the BBC, The New York Times, Le Monde, The Washington Post, and in the feature documentary Dear Beautiful Beloved.

Today, having completed her work and returned to the UK, Elizabeth shares her hard-won insights with audiences who value truth over theory. Whether in boardrooms, think tanks or leadership forums, she delivers a rare combination of ground-truth experience and sharp strategic clarity.

Highlights

Co-founder & Leader of British Expeditionary Aid & Rescue, delivering independent frontline solutions in Ukraine for over 1,000 days.

Planned and executed critical civilian support operations - including evacuations, emergency water supply restoration, and post-liberation reconstruction - in an active conflict zone.

Featured by global media, including BBC News, The New York Times, Le Monde, The Washington Post and Dear Beautiful Beloved.

Founder & CEO of PRAMMAVOX Ltd, providing frontline and geopolitical insights and advisory expertise to businesses, policymakers and think tanks.

15+ years of leadership and speaking experience, translating extreme real-world challenges into universal lessons on leadership, resilience, and operational excellence.

Key Themes

Leadership Under Pressure: Practical lessons from leading high-risk, high-impact operations where there’s no room for ego or bureaucracy.

Ground-Truth Geopolitics & Cultural Intelligence: Unfiltered insights from Ukraine’s frontlines — cutting through Western misconceptions to reveal the real dynamics of modern conflict.

Operational Agility & Resilience: How to execute with clarity and composure amidst chaos, delivering results where traditional systems fail.

Women Leading on Merit, Not Optics: Redefining female leadership through competence, courage and decisive action, not tokenism.

Mentorship & Self-Empowerment: Inspiring others to lead with confidence, humility and a relentless focus on getting the job done.

The Lasting Impact

Elizabeth offers a visceral, real-world perspective on leadership, adaptability and integrity under pressure. Audiences leave with a clearer understanding of what it truly means to lead - not through theory or title, but through action, clarity and character.

Whether advising boardrooms, challenging leadership teams, or sharing her journey with future leaders, Elizabeth delivers transformative insight that shifts mindsets and inspires meaningful action.

If your team is navigating uncertainty, complexity or pressure - Elizabeth brings the kind of grounded clarity that only comes from real-world experience. She’s operated in the most demanding conditions imaginable, and she translates those lessons into sharp, applicable insights for leaders who need to make better decisions, build resilient teams, and lead with integrity when it matters most.