Alison Vincent

Alison is an experienced IT Industry thought leader with recent roles including Group Chief Information Security Officer at HSBC and Chief Technology Officer at Cisco. Prior to those positions she held technical leadership roles in NDS, Micro Focus and IBM. She has experience in Cybersecurity, Research and Development, Strategy Execution, Product Management and Business Development, with particular expertise in Digital Strategy, Innovation, and Mergers and Acquisitions. Alison is a Non-Executive Director for BytesTechnology Group Plc, SEI Investments (Europe) Ltd, Synectics Plc and Connected Places Catapult. She is a Lay Member of Council at Southampton University and is a Technical Adviser to Telesoft Technologies Ltd, Cybertonica Ltd and UMotif Ltd. Alison has a PhD in Cryptography & Combinatorics from London University and a 1st Class Honours BSc in Maths and Computer Science. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Fellow of the Institution of Technology and Engineering.