I am a Board Member, ex-Big 4 Partner, Board Advisor and Digital Risk & Resilience Specialist, guiding the delivery of technology and regulatory driven business transformations in complex global organisations across the Private and Public sectors. I am currently Executive Director, Regulatory Futures at the Information Commissioner's Office - Establishing the ICO’s stances on new technology applications and innovation initiatives involving data, and leading work to position the ICO effectively to regulate in the digital landscape.Prior to this I spent nearly 10 years as Equity Partner at Deloitte LLP and KPMG LLP, in leadership roles in Cyber and Privacy Risk Services. My earlier career includes: Managing Director – Information Risk Management & Financial Change at Barclays PLC, establishing the IRM team globally. Board Advisory includes: Industry Chair of MI5’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) Financial Services Information Exchange (FSIE); Chair of Investment Banking Special Interest Group on Information Security (IB SIG); and Founder and Chair of Internet Security Systems (ISS) UK User Group.Combining this breadth of senior leadership experience in industry and consulting, I can credibly influence the change agenda while applying insight gained delivering high-scale technology change programmes in major commercial businesses to accelerate transformation.I have a proven track record as a peer and coach at Board level to check and challenge ingrained perceptions while strengthening governance and senior leadership effectiveness. This recently includes leading a Board effectiveness improvement initiative for a FTSE100 Bank to radically improve communications between Board and Exec teams and ensure robust, effective response to security issues. Additionally, I leverage my deep expertise in owning risk in highly contested £multi-trillion environments to strategically disrupt malicious digital threats.Specialities:✔️Risk Regulation✔️Cyber Security Risk Advisory ✔️Digital Transformation✔️Major Technology Change✔️Board Advisory & Reporting ✔️Privacy Risk ✔️Senior Executive Training & Mentoring ✔️Crisis & Incident Management ✔️Programme & Project Leadership✔️GDPR Compliance ✔️Stakeholder Management ✔️Corporate Governance ✔️New Technology Deployment ✔️Regulatory Change
Listed skills include Information Security, Security, Information Security Management, Computer Security, and 45 others.