Sebastian Kinnaird

Sebastian Kinnaird has a comprehensive work experience in the field of information security and cybersecurity. Sebastian currently holds the position of Head of Information Security at Centrica Energy, starting in October 2023. Prior to their current role, Sebastian worked at Centrica, where they served as Director of Security Strategy and Architecture, Director of Cyber Security Product Management and Engineering, and Head of Cyber Security Maturity Improvement. Sebastian joined Centrica in 2018 and stayed there until November 2023. Before joining Centrica, Sebastian worked at Willis Towers Watson as Director of Cyber Security and Information Security Specialist. Sebastian also held positions at Clifford Chance LLP as IT Security Manager, DTZ as IT Security Manager, 2e2 as a Security Consultant, Siemens IT Solutions and Services (SIS) in Network Security, and EADS in Network Security. Sebastian started their career at Ultima Business Solutions and later worked as a DataCentre Team Leader at MCI WorldCom (UUNet).

Sebastian Kinnaird obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA Essentials) from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2018. In addition, they have earned several certifications, including Tenable Customer Advisory Board Member from Tenable in 2022, SAFe Agilist from Scaled Agile, Inc. in 2021, Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2021, Enterprise and Solution Architecture (Practitioner) from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT in 2012, Lead Auditor - ISO27001 from Bureau Veritas Group in 2008, and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from (ISC)² in 2008.