Toby Bates

Toby Bates is an experienced professional in the field of cybersecurity and security operations, currently serving as the Security Operations Centre Manager (Group) at Kingfisher plc since October 2022. Prior to this role, Toby held the position of Cyber Threat Manager at Allianz Global Investors from February 2021 to October 2022 and was the Head of Cyber and Network Assurance at Daiwa Capital Markets Europe from March 2019 to December 2020. Additional experience includes serving as the Security Operations Manager at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and the Director of International Professional Services at AccessData, where Toby managed consulting services such as eDiscovery and Incident Response. Earlier in the career, Toby was the Deputy Head UK Cyber at Lockheed Martin from October 2008 to March 2015.