Robert Hayes

Robert holds board, director, and advisory roles at many public and private organizations, helping mitigate security risks during complex organizational transformations. He is an acknowledged expert in cybersecurity, crisis management, and strategic risk assessment, and an international authority on policy and regulatory issues between governments and the technology and communications industries. Robert served as a senior fellow of the Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments, and as senior director, strategy and partnerships, in Microsoft’s Enterprise Cybersecurity Group. His prior experience includes hostage negotiation, being appointed inaugural head of the U.K. National Specialist Law Enforcement Centre, developing the U.K. National Hi-Tech Crime Training Centre, and serving as head of the U.K. National Technical Assistance Centre. Currently, Robert is a member of the Scottish Cyber Resilience Advisory Board, a fellow of the British Computer Society, a member of the Expert Advisory Panel at the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre at the University of Oxford, and advises the U.K. Ministry of Defence on cybersecurity matters while holding the rank of Major (V) in the Engineer and Logistics Staff Corps of the British Army.