Bio

I am an outcome focused Information Risk and Security Leader with an extensive and proven track record of delivering business aligned transformation. I have more than two decades of experience in strategic, operational, advisory and technical leadership roles for blue-chip organisations across multiple sectors, including telco, government, retail and NCI. My current role is for one of the world's leading digital platforms, securing the provision of world class services to over 80 individual Franchise Partners in UK&I. This includes the provision of a leading digital platform and award winning mobile app marketing and processing £1.5Bn of of customer orders every year, manufacturing of tons of dough every week, logistics delivering hundreds of products to stores and back-office capabilities ensuring the wheels keep turning. As part of our new corporate strategy I am also responsible for ensuring secure and resilient capabilities are consistently maintained during a significant and broad digital transformation programme. ♦ INFORMATION SECURITY STRATEGY & LEADERSHIP I design and implement modern, agile, threat driven information security and risk management strategies that transform organisational maturity and capability; combining deep strategy, policy and stakeholder management skills with extensive technical, operational and programme delivery expertise to drive and embed change into large, complex organisations. Deep experience with ISO27001/2, NIST, CIS, IRM2, FAIR, SOC2, DevSecOps, PCI DSS, GDPR, vendor and contract Management, ITIL, IT Strategy, budget management, strategic planning, programme management, security controls, threat and vulnerability management. ♦ SECURITY OPERATIONS Highly skilled in the design, build, operation and transformation of Security Monitoring and Incident Response Capability. From design and implementation strategy to running major security incidents I ensure People, Process and Technology are aligned to effectively and efficiently protect company assets against known and unknown threats. ♦ SENIOR STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT I ensure engagement in security vision and strategy at senior executive level, drawing on my extensive business management and consultancy background to work closely with senior and technical management teams of global organisations. A skilled leader of multi-disciplinary internal, offshored and outsourced teams, I am highly effective in stabilising and improving security teams by providing focus, direction and leadership, especially leading teams through significant periods of transition.