Executive Summary

Visionary AI Transformation Leader leveraging 20+ years of enterprise security and consulting expertise to drive responsible AI adoption. Founded AI automation consultancy after pioneering secure implementations at Fortune 500 clients through IBM. Expert in AI Automation, governance frameworks, risk-aware deployment strategies, and building trust in autonomous systems. Proven track record of translating complex AI capabilities while ensuring enterprise-grade security and compliance Revolutionizing business operations through AI Automation. Demonstrates exceptional skills in board-level communication, programme management, and strategic systems and security consulting, consistently delivering transformative solutions. Passionate about driving innovation and strategic initiatives, leveraging extensive expertise to achieve outstanding results and foster robust client relationships.

 

Skills & Specialities:

• Contractual & Financial Oversight (Budgets up to $100M)

• Programme Management of large and complex SI contracts

• AI Automation

• Digital Identity in Banking

• Financial Systems Cyber Security Leadership (CISO, IAM, EDR, SIEM, DevSecOps and other solutions)

• Large-Scale System and Data Centre Migrations

• Global & Multi-Country Stakeholder Management

• Crisis Management & Executive-Level Cyber Strategy

 

Career Highlights:

• Security Transformation at CLS Bank (2024): Led the migration of legacy data centres to a high-resilience infrastructure with a full security stack, including QRadar, HIDS, and PAM, ensuring operational continuity and regulatory compliance.

• Wimbledon 2024 – Executive Cyber Crisis Simulation: Designed and delivered a high-impact cybersecurity simulation for AELTC’s executive board, influencing strategic security enhancements ahead of the 2024 Championship.

• Energy & Utilities Security (2023 – 2024): Spearheaded security sales and implementation for National Grid subsidiaries, EDF, and others, deploying TPRM, DevSecOps, and CyberArk solutions to fortify infrastructure security.

• ABN AMRO CISO Advisory (2020 – 2021): Managed Security advisory services delivery. And inspired a company wide digital identity transformation programme.

• Centricity Security Leadership (2018 – 2020): Led security operations for five major banks across Europe (Belfius, BIL, RBC Luxembourg, Dexia and Candriam). Scaling teams from 25 to 132 professionals, stabilizing security operations, and transforming all security capabilities such as IAM and SOC through 28 projects. 

• Global Freight ERP Transformation (2004 – 2006): Directed a global ERP and process redesign for UTi Worldwide, with a target of doubling operational productivity and reducing inefficiencies by 90% through process automation.

• Complex Systems Integration at Maersk (2015 – 2017): Revived a failing IT transformation programme, and completed the migration of 40 systems from Sun Solaris to on prem Linux cloud. 

• European VP at Descartes Systems: establishing the Supply Network visibility service

• Gartner Analyst: led the inception of the European Supply Chain Management service

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