Executive Profile
Practical outcomes over theoretical solutions.
Cybersecurity, risk and technology executive with more than 25 years' experience leading secure, resilient and business-critical technology services across global organisations. CISSP and CITP certified.
Currently serving as Chief Information Security Officer within Atos, accountable for cyber security strategy, governance, risk, audit and operational resilience across one of the organisation's largest international customer environments — supporting services used by more than 300,000 employees globally.
A career built from technical infrastructure and operations through service delivery, transformation and cyber leadership has provided a practical understanding of how technology, commercial priorities and risk must work together. I have led international teams exceeding 70 professionals, managed budgets greater than £15 million, and engaged directly with boards, executive leadership teams, auditors and regulators across highly regulated environments in financial services, manufacturing, media, professional services and the public sector.
A recurring theme throughout that career has been being trusted to step into situations where customer confidence, governance performance, audit outcomes or operational delivery had fallen below expectations — and delivering practical, lasting improvement rather than theoretical or framework-driven answers.
Areas of Focus
Where I work best.
Executive Experience
A record of delivery.
Appointed following customer concerns regarding governance, assurance and overall confidence in security delivery. Accountable for cyber security strategy, governance, risk management, audit readiness and operational resilience across one of Atos' largest international customer environments — supporting more than 300,000 employees globally.
Held multiple senior leadership positions responsible for governance, risk, audit, resilience and security assurance across portfolios supporting more than 500,000 users globally — spanning financial services, manufacturing, media, professional services and the public sector. Led international teams exceeding 70 professionals with budgets greater than £15 million. Directly involved in executive response to major cyber events including WannaCry, SolarWinds, Log4j and ransomware incidents.
Responsible for establishing and operating cyber security governance, risk and compliance frameworks supporting a major global financial services customer. Worked closely with customer leadership, auditors and operational teams to improve governance, assurance and risk visibility across a highly regulated environment.
Built career foundations across enterprise infrastructure, operational resilience, service delivery and large-scale transformation programmes. Delivered programmes recognised at CEO level, restructured loss-making operations into profitable business units, and led technology integration activity during major organisational change. The grounding that makes the rest possible.
Career Themes
What sets this record apart.
- Over 10 years operating at CISO and senior cyber security leadership level across complex international environments.
- Repeatedly trusted to recover challenging environments across financial services, manufacturing, media, professional services and the public sector.
- Extensive board, executive, audit and regulatory engagement — including direct involvement during WannaCry, SolarWinds, Log4j and ransomware incidents.
- Leadership of international teams exceeding 70 professionals and budgets greater than £15 million.
- Governance, risk and resilience experience spanning ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS, GDPR, NIS2, DORA and ISAE 3402 / SOC.
- Proven ability to bridge deep technical understanding with pragmatic business judgement at executive level.