Danny Lopez

CEO

Danny has enjoyed a successful international career in banking, government, diplomacy and technology. Previous roles include COO at UK-based technology company Blippar; British Consul General to New York; CEO of London & Partners; Marketing Director at the UK’s Department for International Trade; and a number of senior international positions at Barclays Bank.

Dinis Cruz

CTO and CISO

Dinis is focused on creating teams where engineering and security are accelerators for the business, with a focus on productising and commercialising advanced technologies. Previous roles include CISO at Photobox Group, CISO at Revolut, OWASP Board member and CTO of Piaget Institute in Portugal.

Steve Roberts

CFO

Prior to joining Glasswall, Steve spent 5 years as the CFO/COO at Tellimer Group, a technology-led research, data and analytics platform. Steve is a qualified chartered accountant and was previously Group Financial Controller of The Kyte Group, during which time it transitioned from being a privately-owned company to becoming part of the NYSE-listed GFI Group.

Sharon Forder

SVP Marketing

Sharon brings over 25 years experience in marketing and business leadership for high growth SaaS businesses across the UK, Europe and internationally. She has led marketing and business development teams to fuel pipeline growth and deliver creative marketing campaigns across leading organisations, including Cheetah Digital, Snow Software, Salesforce and NetSuite.

Sam Hutton

SVP, North America

Over 15 years experience delivering and operationalising cutting-edge technology solutions across a number of sectors including financial, security and defence.

Nicholas Bloom

SVP, EMEA

25 years of experience in advertising and licensing. Formerly Vice President of Brand  Management at Beanstalk in New York where he led the Diageo, Ford, Stanley Black & Decker and AT&T businesses. Nicholas holds dual Master’s degrees in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern and Global Affairs from New York University.

Laurence Timmons

Managing Director, Business Development

With over 20 years of experience managing global sales teams and implementing commercial growth strategies, Laurence joins from the CME Group, where he was part of the sales leadership team. Based in London, Laurence has successfully developed businesses across four continents, with several international posts in New York, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He also worked for ICAP, EBS, SIX Telekurs and Bloomberg. Laurence is a mentor to start-ups in Oxford, and studied an Executive MBA at the SAID Business School at the University of Oxford.

Paul Burke

SVP, Customers and Solutions

Over 25 years of product management and marketing experience in digital software businesses of all sizes, creating success for products in markets from consumer to small business to enterprise. Paul has led product teams for several software companies including Citrix, Trend Micro, AVG Technologies and Centrix Software.

Anne Tiedemann

SVP, People and Investor Relations

A 30 year veteran of the security and intelligence industry driving strategy and operations, including executive roles with Kroll in EMEA and Asia Pacific, and G4S plc.

Luke Robbertse

Head of Technology Operations

Luke focuses on enhancing operational capability. With previous senior roles in QA, Dev, SRE and Project Management, he blends his professional experience with his passion for developing people and teams to enable sustainable business growth. Previous roles include Head of QA and SRE departments here at Glasswall. He started his career in the online gaming industry at Derivco.

Sir Nigel Knowles

Chairman

Sir Nigel Knowles is Chairman of global legal business DWF. He is former Global Co-Chairman and Senior Partner of DLA Piper, having served as Global Co-CEO and Managing Partner for nearly twenty years before. He is credited with DLA Piper’s remarkable growth, leading the firm through a series of mergers and taking the firm from its regional origins to the global firm it is today. He received a knighthood in 2009 in recognition of his services to the legal industry.

Danny Lopez

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Danny has enjoyed a successful international career in banking, government, diplomacy and technology. Previous roles include COO at UK-based technology company Blippar; British Consul General to New York; CEO of London & Partners; Marketing Director at the UK’s Department for International Trade; and a number of senior international positions at Barclays Bank.

Michael Spencer

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Michael is one of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs. Michael founded Intercapital in 1986, which listed on the FTSE in 2006. Michael then established NEX Group plc for focusing on technology based services enabling customers to better execute trades and manage risk.  In 2018, NEX was acquired by CME Group and Michael joined the CME board.  Michael is also Chairman of IPGL, his private investment company, which invests in entrepreneurial companies at an early stage of their development.

Cate Pye

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Cate has worked at senior levels in the defence, security and cyber sectors. Cate leads PA Consulting’s Digital Trust and Cyber Security Transformation capability and previously headed up Ernst & Young’s Government Cyber and Security business. For a number of years Cate was in the UK’s Ministry of Defence and worked on high profile programmes including Eurofighter Typhoon and Civil Contingencies and Emergency Response for the EU and NATO.

Sir Peter Westmacott

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Sir Peter joined the UK’s Diplomatic Service in 1972 and served as British ambassador to Turkey (from 2002 to 2006), France (from 2007 to 2012) and the United States (from 2012 to 2016). Sir Peter was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 2003 by HM the Queen and Knight Grand Cross (GCMG) in 2016. He was made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for services to the Royal Family in 1993. Sir Peter is now vice-chairman of Tellus Matrix LLP, President of Tikehau Capital’s International Advisory Board, a member of EY’s UK Oversight Committee and a Distinguished Ambassadorial Fellow of the Atlantic Council.

Sir Iain Lobban

Chairman

Former Director of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2014, having previously served as its Director General for Operations from 2004. As GCHQ Director Sir Iain was a Principal member of the Joint Intelligence Committee for over six years. Sir Iain is a partner and senior strategy adviser at C5 Holdings and is on the Board Financial Crime Risk Committee at Standard Chartered Bank.

Phil Reilly

Phil is a former senior CIA officer with 29 years of operational experience around the world.  Since retirement in 2014, Phil has advised numerous tech companies in the data and cyber arena.

Rick Ledgett

Former Deputy Director of the U.S. National Security Agency, 40 years of experience in signals intelligence, information assurance, and operational management of large, complex organizations.  He currently advises private sector and governmental entities on cybersecurity.

The Lord Hogan-Howe QPM

Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police having served as Chief Constable of Merseyside. In both roles Bernard Hogan-Howe cut crime and delivered value for money. From the Met he led the police Counter Terrorist Network in the United Kingdom and abroad. He helped to deliver a safe 2012 London Olympics while helping London recover from the 2011 riots.

Paddy McGuinness CMG OBE

Former National Security Advisor in the UK from 2014-2018. Prior to this, Paddy was in the UK’s Diplomatic Service with leadership roles in the Middle East and Africa, Counter-Terrorism, Counter-Proliferation and Cyber. Paddy is an advisor to the Brunswick Group, C5 Strategy and a Commissioner of the Oxford Commission on Elections and Technology.

Simon Church

A 29 year veteran of the IT industry Simon’s expertise is within information security, managed & professional services, with a successful track record in running global growth strategies.

Philip Rambech

Philip Rambech comes with 30+ years of international telecommunication experience. A former President of Ericsson Mobile’s business in Asia/Pacific, Philip served on the Ericsson boards in 5 Asian markets. In 2001 on the establishment of Sony Ericsson JV, Philip took the role as MD for Sony Ericsson in UK/Ireland; a pioneer in the Smartphone field delivering Apps to market 4 years before the launch of the iPhone. In 2006 while serving as MD for Siemens Mobile in UK, introduced to Glasswall and since then focusing on Telco meets Cyber.