John Colley

John Colley, CISSP, is the Managing Director for EMEA & Co- Chair of the European Advisory Board for (ISC)2 , a non-profit professional consortium which has certified over 68,000 members worldwide. He served on the (ISC)2 Board of Directors for eight years including two as chairman.

John has over fifteen years experience in information security. He has formerly held posts as Head of Risk Services at Barclays Group, Group Head of Information Security (CISO) at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Director of Information Security at Atomic Tangerine and as Head of Information Security at ICL.

John has also worked as an independent consultant providing value added advice and guidance to blue chip organisations. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and has had numerous articles published in the UK and international press.

He is a member of the ISSA UK chapter advisory board, sits on the Infosecurity magazine editorial advisory board and is chairman of the UK Government Information Assurance Professional Bodies Advisory Group.