CISO, Imperial Brands

Simon Strickland is the Chief Information Security Officer at the consumer goods organisation Imperial Brands. With over 25 years experience in a variety of IT positions, the last 14 years have been in dedicated Cyber Security leadership positions across a range of FTSE 100 companies including pharmaceuticals, mining, sustainable technology solutions and manufacturing. Simon favours a pragmatic, risk-based approach to Cyber Security and has direct experience of Cyber Transformation Programmes, Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, Security Operations & Engineering, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Operational Technology.