Experience

Drax Group

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Group Head of Cyber

  • Apr 2022 - Present



KPMG UK

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director Cyber Security

  • Oct 2020 - Apr 2022

  Responsible for the management and delivery of cyber advisory services to clients focusing on major organisational change across technology and information security in both public and private sectors

• Head of Information Security KPMG Advisory

  • May 2018 - Apr 2022

  Employed as the Head of Information Security for KPMG advisory services. Provision of SME advice to internal personnel and clients across public and private sectors. Responsible for providing operational & strategic guidance on technical & operational risk, cyber maturity assessments, information security and data privacy issues. I have responsibility to the Executive Committee to protect revenue streams in excess of over £300m as well as the provision of client facing solutions.



Information Systems Services-ISS

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Programme Information Assurance Delivery

  • Mar 2017 - May 2018

  Employed as the Subject Matter Expert contracted to provide programme information assurance, policy and governance. Including financial management for annual expenditure in excess of £3.5m. Responsible for procurement of the next generation high grade cryptographic devices to support the New Style of Information Technology Deployed (NSoIT(D)). Employed as the Subject Matter Expert contracted to provide programme information assurance, policy and governance. Including financial management for annual expenditure in excess of £3.5m. Responsible for procurement of the next generation high grade cryptographic devices to support the New Style of Information Technology Deployed (NSoIT(D)).



British Army

• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Communications and Information Security Advisor

  • Aug 2013 - Sep 2016

  Selected to represent HM Forces (Army) on Loan Service to serve with the Armed Forces of the Sultan of Oman as a Communications and Information Security/Training advior, providing best practice expertise and advice on a variety of matters including conducting risk management, Cyber Maturity Assessments and procurement of new equipment.

• Chief Executive Officer

  • 2011 - Sep 2013

  Senior Department Head responsible for 50+ personnel skilled in multiple areas across all areas of Management and Training. Delivered Operational and Tactical Information Security guidance and advice to key stakeholders with a responsibility for 300+ regular and reserve force personnel held at very high readiness across a nationally dispersed organisation.

• Senior Comminications Manager

  • 2006 - 2011

  Senior Communications Resilience and Risk Management consultant with responsibility for all aspects of Communications and Information Security planning for an organisation with circa 5000+ employees. Directly responsible to head of Branch and establishment for delivering command and control solutions on time and within resources.



British Army

• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Communications & Information Security Trainer

  • 2002 - 2005

  Deputy Manager of a communications training team within Defence, that had an enduring commitment to expeditionary operations globally as well as home-based commitments. Lead on Communications and Information Security as part of a British Army communications project worth circa £120M.

• Junior Manager

  • Aug 1993 - Sep 2002

  • Led various large multi-disciplinary teams and included the preparation and development of personnel prior to deployment overseas. Managed over 30 personnel on a daily basis in the areas of training, logistics, equipment and infrastructure. Managed the working environment for 120 senior officers from various countries, ensuring they had the means to communicate locally within operational environment and strategically back to the UK utilising various secure telecommunications systems.• SATCOM instructor on military X Band and commercial off the shelf solutions• Defence Intelligence Messaging Handling System Manager.• Deployed on numerous operational tours to Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. Show less