Iain has been an adviser to the Board since October 2018 and was appointed as a Non Executive Director of the Company in November 2020. Iain lives in the UK. 

Iain has over 30 years’ experience in the security and intelligence sector, including having served as the Director of the British Intelligence Agency GCHQ from 2008 to 2014. Iain was one of the five experts appointed by Australia’s Prime Minister to create Australia’s first National Cyber Security Strategy in 2015. He was subsequently one of the senior three person team appointed by the Prime Minister to conduct the 2017 Independent Review of the Australian Intelligence Community. 

Iain’s advisory work for boards now spans cyber security risk management and financial crime compliance. 

Iain holds a Bachelor of Arts in French and German from the University of Leeds. Iain is a Visiting Professor of King’s College London and an Honorary Fellow of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. Iain was appointed a Companion of the Bath 2006 and Knight Commander of St Michael and St George in 2013.