Sophie Ellis

Sophie Ellis has a diverse work experience in the field of security governance, risk and compliance. Sophie is currently working at Siteimprove as the Security Governance, Risk and Compliance Team Lead (EMEA) since November 2023. Prior to this, they served as a Security Governance, Risk and Compliance Specialist at the same company from August 2022 to November 2023. Before joining Siteimprove, Sophie worked as a Cyber GRC Analyst at SMBC Bank International from July 2021 to August 2022. Sophie also has experience at Arqiva, where they held various roles such as GRC ISO 27001 Framework Analyst from May 2021 to July 2021, Information Assurance Associate Consultant from May 2020 to May 2021, and Cyber Security Technologist Apprentice from September 2017 to April 2020. Sophie's career started at Waitrose, where they worked as a Supermarket Assistant from August 2015 to August 2017.

Sophie Ellis attended Richard Taunton Sixth Form College from 2015 to 2017, where they pursued A-Level Use of Mathematics and a BTEC Extended Level 3 Diploma in ICT. Prior to that, they studied at Embley from 2010 to 2015, although no specific degree or field of study is mentioned. Sophie also obtained several certifications, including the Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and the Level 4 Cyber Security Technologist from the Institute for Apprenticeships. Additionally, they hold certifications in ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Auditor and Information Security Management Principles (CISMP) from IBITGQ and BCS, respectively.