Speaking
Plain talk on cyber risk for the rooms that decide.
I speak at conferences, sit on panels and moderate. My sessions draw on more than a decade advising the Bank of England on cyber risk, digital resilience and security, and on my current work building M516 Cyber Solutions. I've worked across financial services, central banking, government, legal and critical national infrastructure.
Formats
Conference talk
20 to 45 minutes, tailored to the audience.
Panel
Practitioner view alongside regulators, vendors and boards.
Moderation
Keeps a panel on the question and on time.
Commentary
Columnist for The Whistler and contributing cybersecurity expert.
Talks
Topics
For city leaders and public bodies
Cyber resilience as urban infrastructure
Why digital government, interoperability and data protection now sit alongside roads and power as things a city has to keep running.
For banks and compliance teams
AI governance: responsible adoption in regulated firms
Lessons from the Bank of England AI Task Force on adopting AI without losing control of risk, accountability or the regulator.
For CISOs and boards
Supply chain and third-party cyber risk
Vendor dependency as a strategic risk. What boards can actually decide, and what they are stuck with.
For security teams
Ransomware 3.0
How extortion has changed, and what operational resilience looks like when prevention fails.
For African institutions and founders
Building trusted digital ecosystems across Africa
Digital sovereignty, institutional readiness and security as a foundation for growth.
“A smart city is not simply a city with more technology. It is a city that can continue to function, protect its citizens and maintain their trust even when that technology is under pressure.”
Selected engagements
Where I've spoken
- 2026Role: Speaker
Africa's Digital Future, UNGA 81
New York, United States
Panel on Africa's digital future
- 2026Role: Moderator
GITEX Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria
Protecting the Smart City: cybersecurity as urban infrastructure
- 2026Role: Panellist
Next IT Security
Europe
The vendor dependency problem: strategic risk or unavoidable reality?
- 2026Role: Speaker
Finance Digital Conference
Bank digital transformation and delivery
- 2026Role: Panellist
Nigeria-UK Business Forum
London, United Kingdom
Investing in Nigeria: opportunities, collaboration and finance
- 2025Role: Panellist
GITEX Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria
Ethical AI for Africa's digital future, Future Economy Conference
- 2025Role: Speaker
e-Crime and Cybersecurity Congress
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ransomware 3.0
- 2025Role: Speaker
Union of Arab Banks Conference
AI in banking and AI for compliance
- 2025Role: Speaker
Nordic Nigeria Connect
Lagos, Nigeria
Digital transformation and Nigeria's technology ecosystem
- 2024Role: Moderator
GITEX Africa
Marrakech, Morocco
Financial Fort Knox: how leading banks thwart a digital heist
- 2024Role: Panellist
GITEX Africa
Marrakech, Morocco
Cybersecurity, data protection and all the KYCs in between
On stage
Booking
Share the event, date and audience. Fees are agreed once the format and audience are understood.