With over 30 years of experience in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Business Continuity, and Digital Transformation, I have successfully led initiatives to protect and enable modern businesses. My expertise lies in understanding compliance burdens, managing risks, and fostering innovation to optimize business strategies. Through The Mark of Security Ltd, I have collaborated with various sectors to drive growth through innovative technology solutions.

As a member of the techUK community, elected by its membership to be a Member of the Cyber Security Group Management Committee which serves to provide oversight on the activities of the Cyber Security Group which aims to:- connect members with industry-wide initiatives to boost domestic and export demand for UK cyber security capabilities- give members insight into markets and customer needs- provide a coherent voice for industry on policy and legislative issues related to cyber security- provide a forum for members to connect with key government and industry stakeholders- provide an industry community in which members can share intelligence on threat trends and development- provide members with advice on how to access business critical inputs such as finance and skills

Global Managing Director Digital Trust Consulting at BSI

Consulting Partner at Wipro helping clients enhance business through safe adoption of innovative technology to create strategic enablement in their business growth with a focus on organisations managing and deploying OT & IOT.

Genpact (NYSE: G) is a $2.74B global professional services firm focused on delivering digital transformation for clients. Technology now plays a pivotal role in business growth, digital disruption is inevitable and therefore businesses not embracing innovation are likely to be disrupted outside their control. With over 25 years of global technology experience, both as a global CIO and global CISO, I am moving into the broader role of IT Risk Management consulting to help clients look at the overall technology landscape and drive innovation to enhance business growth and performance.

Spectris plc is a FTSE120 technology company with £1.3bn turnover, £3bn market capitalisation. The business strategy is focussed on moving from manufacturing technology focussed engineering products to data management solutions, and the role of technology and information management is therefore pivotal to the future growth strategy delivering business growth through Internet of Things adoption.The newly established role of Group Director of IT & Information Strategy will develop technology and information management enablers to the business, harmonising current approaches across the group into a coordinated business minded and commercially aware core service through the planning, implementation and delivery of Spectris' global IT and information requirements.

Taking on a new challenge and moved to the world of information security consultancy. Looking to bring 20 years of operational experience to the fore in developing the EY advisory practice operating across numerous sectors including Consumer Products, Retail, Legal, Oil & Gas, Mining, Technology, Media, Manufacturing, IT and Real Estate.

Responsible for the global strategic management of all aspects of Information Security & Compliance management and governance model operations both internal and customer facing across SABMiller global operations, providing a focal foint to Sarbanes Oxley 404 ITGC Controls Management and IT Audit, as well as an oversight to various strategic compliance management programmes targetted at ensuring the business remains up to date with relevant external legislation and standards certifications.

Responsible for the strategic management of all aspects of security operations both internal and customer facing across SunGard AS (UK) operations, also providing an oversight to various strategic compliance management programmes targetted at ensuring the business remained up to date with relevant external legislation and standards certifications operating across numerous sectors including Financial Services, Government, Consumer Products, Retail, Legal, Oil & Gas, Mining, Technology, Media, Manufacturing, IT and Real Estate.

Responsible for the provision of consultancy based specialised security advice to a defence research company working on specialised high security government projects, responsible for the determination of security deployment and all aspects of physical security including manned guarding and the deployment of technical security solutions.

Responsible for all aspects of internal security and UK operations within a defence contractor provider working on UK Government defence contracts to ensure adherence with required security policies. Also responsible through for all aspects of EMEA level operations export compliance management, ensuring compliance with UK, EU and global export legislation, including UK Export Control Act and US ITAR/EAR regulations.

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