Space & Defence · Workforce & Leadership

The hardest part of the space race isn't the rockets. It's the people.

Air & Space Transformation Strategist & Partnerships Lead — and an advocate for women who belong at the top.

Balvinder Kaur Jutla

Convening across the defence & space ecosystem

Ministry of DefenceRolls-RoyceBabcockLeonardoDeloitte

What I work on

Space & Human Capital

The workforce strategy behind the UK's space ambition — the people and partnerships that turn capability into reality.

Women in Leadership

I researched the patterns that keep women from underrepresented backgrounds out of senior roles — and I live the story.

Defence & Government

Civil service, RAF and Deloitte — a rare vantage point on how national capability actually gets built.

Latest insight

1 October 2026

The space sector's hardest launch problem is its people

The UK is betting big on space. But the same barriers that kept women from underrepresented backgrounds out of senior defence roles are waiting for the sector — unless it builds differently from day one.

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