The Advisory Board

Stephen’s recent role is Head of Technology and Cyber Security Risk with HSBC Group Information Security Risk, joining from RBS where he held Global Head Security positions.

Stephen is an information risk and cyber security practitioner, and international speaker with 20+ years of experience in technology & business centric roles working for global firms across financial services, healthcare, and defence. Stephen has held senior positions at firms including HSBC, RBS, GSK, and Siemens with experience of global regulatory and cyber security frameworks. He develops high performing teams with positive culture to drive strategies into execution and implementation for the management of cyber risks to enable business strategies especially as technology and business models are changing at pace.

Stephen is passionate about people and shares his knowledge and experience by coaching and mentoring senior leaders, and young people to achieve their potential. He believes people come into the workplace to do their best work, so leaders need to provide a positive empowered culture allowing teams to thrive and deliver the best outcomes through people, process, and technology.

Stephen is chairman of White Hat Events which is a Cyber Security charity supporting the amazing work performed by NSPCC Childline in the protection of vulnerable young people through events like the White Hat Ball which to date has raised £2M+ over the last 16 years.

Stephen is advisory board member of the Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security (RISCS) which is jointly funded by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and is the UK’s first academic research body to focus on the entire culture of security within organisations through exchange of ideas, problems and research solutions between academia, industry, and both the UK and international policy community.

He contributes to the executive Cyber Security community as Chairman of Club-CISO advisory board by engaging with global CISO executives on important matters affecting cyber security and risk leaders and their organisations.

As a leader in the human nature of cyber security, Jessica has been named one of the top 20 most influential women in cyber security in the UK and awarded as one of the UK’s Tech Women 50 in 2017. She co-founded Cygenta, who work with a variety of organisations from small creative agencies through to multi-national banks.

With a background in sociology and civic design, Jessica delivers thought-provoking and engaging presentations about cyber security around the world. Her speaking engagements are rooted in the work she does around the psychology and sociology of cyber security, particularly regarding cyber security threats, social engineering, how to effectively communicate cyber security messages, the psychology of fear and cyber security and the language of cyber security. Her specialisms span cyber security awareness, behaviour and culture.

Jessica’s many appearances discussing cyber security on national and international TV and radio and in the press have cemented her place as the media’s go-to expert on subjects that require graceful, clear and engaging communication of technical subjects. She frequently appears on the BBC, Sky News, Channel 4 News, Channel 5 News, Radio 4’s Today programme, Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine show and more. She has been published in the Sunday Times and the Guardian, and frequently in industry press.

www.cygenta.co.uk

John is a specialist in information and systems security with more than 25 years experience which he has used to advise numerous high profile businesses across multiple industries. Most recently he held Chief Security Officer roles at Burberry plc and the luxury goods conglomerate Richemont International SA and has recently postponed a brief attempt at semi-retirement to take on the Group CISO role at GSK.

John built and led security functions at BP and Reuters as well as several of the biggest names in banking. He has a Ph.D. in experimental solid state physics from Cambridge University and, when time permits, shares his knowledge and experience by writing articles on the role of the CISO and the evolution of the security industry.

With a background in Digital Forensics, James is a true cyber security expert practitioner. Having applied his knowledge in information risk and security roles with established brands and companies including Diageo, ASOS and Smiths Group, James is currently leading the EMEA security division for Chubb – the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer.

Marc is a senior security practitioner with over 20 years of experience crossing multiple industry sectors, from financial services to publishing. For the past eight years, he has led security improvement programes for the likes of Pearson, T-Systems and Symantec. He is currently CISO at the leading cloud security provider, Zscaler.

Marc regularly hosts ClubCISO debates and has written articles on a range of hot topics in the industry which can be found on the ClubCISO blog.

Deborah has worked in information security and resilience for over 20 years, across multiple sectors, including finance, logistics and now in commercial real estate. She is currently Deputy Global CISO for Cushman & Wakefield leading and implementing a Group wide information security programme. Deborah specialises in IS risk and cultural change, getting the organisation to understand and recognise the value of their data, ensuring that they have appropriate, proportionate and effect controls in place.

Deborah holds a diploma in Business Continuity from University of Coventry and is a member of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).

Currently Director of Conferences at Pulse Conferences, Clive has worked as a marketeer in cybersecurity since 2000. As the Marketing Manager at Portcullis Computer Security he organised bespoke events from seminars to hospitality occasions such as the famous Portcullis Arms during Infosec and conferences and exhibitions all over Europe.

Well known for his stage presence and hosting skills, Clive’s experience in promoting and presenting at cyber security events is matched by his passion for helping people understand the critical importance of mitigating the risks and protecting themselves and their organisations from cybercrime.

Clive is a committee member and former chairman of the White Hat charity for the information security industry.

Alongside his work with ClubCISO, Clive is proud to be a part of the dynamic team bringing CISO 360 Congress to the marketplace as a game changer in cybersecurity events.

www.pulseconferences.com
whitehatevents.org

Manoj leads Telstra Purple’s cyber security advisory and consulting capabilities for the UK working with a wide range of customers across numerous sectors building and running their cyber security services. As a passionate cyber security professional embedding cyber security into the Digital agenda and focusing on the user and customer experience aspects of cyber security.

telstrapurple.co.uk

Kevin is a well known information security professional, currently dividing his time between roles as a Chief Information Security Officer at Just Eats, start-up adviser, crossfit / fitness coach and doting dad. He has a strong technical background, but his passion lies with building high performing, diverse and resilient teams and of course resilient individuals!

Kevin has created and delivered highly successful, agile security strategies meeting the demands of global businesses. He excels in building and leading high performing teams and effectively engaging boards around cyber risk and resilience. An experienced and dynamic information security professional, Kevin is also a board adviser to several organisations, an experienced speaker and an active member of the cyber security community promoting awareness, diversity and innovation.

His goal is to break out of the security ‘echo chamber’ and engage more broadly on critical topics around cyber security and resilience.

Paul has worked in IT for over a quarter of a century of which sixteen years have been in a security leadership role. He has worked in many industry sectors in the UK, US and Europe including financial services, telecommunications, retail, food and UK critical national infrastructure and is currently the CISO at Kantar. Paul firmly believes in the importance of building a strong and supported security culture in business as the foundation for a strong security posture, changing the perspective of security from something perceptively done ‘to’ business to it being done ‘with’ and ‘for’, and has had some success (and some challenges too!) in enacting security transformation from the ground-up by placing strong onus on connecting the community with the security practice and vice versa.

When he’s not whining about patching, Paul volunteers in the education sector and is currently a non-executive director at a multi-academy educational trust in Buckinghamshire; this has proven to be a useful way to engage with the community and he has spoken on many occasions to both children and parents about staying safe online whilst embracing and enjoying the exciting world of digital (whilst promoting the numerous opportunities for a career path in security of course!).