Darren Earnshaw

Darren Earnshaw is a Technology Programme Director in Barclays leading on the technology development of the next generation of consumer banking solutions. Having been with Barclays for 18 years in a number of roles, Darren was previously the Barclays CIO for UK Lending and has also led Barclays Retail launches in new countries in respect of technology infrastructure delivery.

Based in Barclays’ UK Technology Campus near Manchester, Darren has a focus on driving the Bank’s innovation agenda and has developed a number of collaborations with the regional tech community - universities, public sector, investors and other corporates. Darren is an advisor and mentor to several start-ups (EdTech & FinTech).

He is also a Trustee for Age UK Cheshire.

Prior to Barclays, Darren held management roles at Misys, PwC and IBM.

Mike Fell

Mike Fell OBE is Director, National Cyber Security Operations at NHS England. Mike has spent 15 years in range of security roles for the UK Government. He has accountability for the security of NHS England’s systems and the cyber resilience of the wider Health & Social Care System.

Prior to this Mike spent six years as the Head of Cyber Security Operations and latterly as Deputy Chief Security Officer for HMRC. Previous roles have included work with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in Afghanistan, MOD, and in helping to secure the 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games. He is proud to be a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Information Security.

Mike is passionate about helping people protect themselves from cyber threats, regularly talking about the topic including on national TV and Radio.

Scott Manson

Scott Manson is Director for Cyber Security in UKI Cisco. Scott currently leads the go-to-market for Cisco’s Cyber Security services and products portfolio, across the UKI. The team he leads is responsible for supporting Cisco customers ensure they are secure by design across the multitude of different Cisco architectures and products.

His team is focussed on positioning platform conversations for customers to address Cyber vendor sprawl in their environments and the complexity that comes with having 100+ of point products that are not co-ordinated.

The aim is to use Cisco’s broad expertise in Cyber Security to reduce the attack surface and raise the maturity and efficacy of customer’s cyber defences.

Scott has over 24 years of experience in Information Technology sales and consulting. His technology background includes Data Center, Networking, Middleware, Cloud and SaaS solutions and is ITIL certified and versed in the principles of Business Service Management (BSM).

Reena Pathak

Reena Pathak is Director, Cyber Resilience at Centrica PLC. Reena’s career experience includes working across several areas of IT and information security which has provided her a hands-on technical and strategic view. Her specialisms include security leadership in cyber defence, cyber incident response and resilience, supply chain security and organisational security strategy development. Her approach is led by a core understanding of business risks and strategy which enables her to tailor security outcomes to support the achievement of business objectives.

Career experience includes professional services, consultancy, and industry positions specialising in the financial services and energy sectors. Most recently Reena led the establishment of a security function covering all capabilities in a financial services firm as the Head of Information Security. Reena specialises in security transformation scenarios that involve root cause analysis, setting security strategy, establishing structure, promoting collaboration, and garnering support from Boards and Executive Committees.

Reena is proudly female, ethnic, comes from a working-class socio-economic background and a working parent. Having a diverse background has enabled her to set-up diverse teams very naturally with a focus on providing equity to all and celebrating everyone’s individuality. Reena is passionate about collaborative leadership and growing careers through providing opportunities, learning and development and support along the way. She has actively mentored many individuals prior to them working in the industry and during their careers. This is something she is particularly passionate about having come from a background where access to growth and career opportunities wasn’t always straightforward.