Visionary

I am an experienced Chief Information Security Officer with outstanding leadership credentials and broad industry experience. I have a background as a Royal Air Force officer, Director in a Big 4 consultancy and presently, the CISO at The Open University. My passion is leading and growing security functions for complex organisations and embedding a strong security culture that helps to support business outcomes. Having experience of multiple high profile, global organisations, often at Board level and in digital organisations, I am passionate about both optimising and exploiting data, while protecting what is most valuable to an organisation. I am an experienced, media trained incident director with over 25 years experienced of multi-agency incidents. I have a strong network in the security sector and regularly present at, and participate in, national and global forums; in 2020, I was made a Fellow of the British Computing Society. I am also passionate about mentoring the next generation and supporting military veterans in their transition to civilian employment. Overall, I thrive on challenges and relish the opportunity to build new capabilities and lead new teams.