DIGITALIS - Key Persons
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- Director
- Director in Digitalis 's Client Services
Charlie is Managing Partner at Digitalis and has over 25 years' experience in risk consulting, communications and journalism. He launched the company's Digital Risk and Intelligence Practice and specialises in advising clients on online reputation strategies, crisis communications and digital security and privacy. Charlie also oversees many of our relationships with legal and communications firms.
Job Titles:
- Associate Director
- Senior Associate
- Senior Associate in Digitalis 's Client Services
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Founder
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- Ambassador
- Member of the House of Lords
Ed Vaizey (Lord Vaizey of Didcot) is a member of the House of Lords, appointed in 2020, and sits on the Communications and Media Committee. He was the Member of Parliament for Wantage between 2005 and 2019. He served as the UK Government Culture and Digital Minister from 2010 to 2016, and is the longest-serving Minister in that role. He was appointed a privy councillor in 2016.
In his role as Digital Minister, Ed was responsible for the rollout of the successful rural broadband programme to more than 4 million homes, the introduction of 4G, and tax credits for film, television, animation and video games, which have helped make the creative industries the fastest growing part of the UK economy.
In the private sector, Ed is an executive-in-residence at LionTree, the leading global M&A advisory firm specialising in TMT with offices in New York, San Francisco, London and Paris.
At various times Ed has been named by the London Evening Standard as one of London's 1000 most influential people; GQ as one of the UK's 100 most influential people; the London Times as one of the 100 most influential people in film; and as one of the 100 most influential people in the video games industry.
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- Office Manager
- Receptionist
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- EVENTS and CLIENT EXPERIENCE MANAGER
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- Managing Director
- Managing Director, Digital Risk
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- Managing Director and Head of the Client Advisory Team
- Managing Director Head of the Client Advisory Team
The Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen Kirstjen Nielsen has worked across the globe as a speaker, author and thought leader in addressing critical global security issues, including emerging threats, resilience, and cybersecurity for over two decades. Ms. Nielsen's breadth of experience stands uniquely at the crossroads of policy, strategy, and operations, enabling her to steward integrated initiatives in complex enterprise environments, preparing organizations to navigate ever-emerging cybersecurity threats, manage risk, and ensure resiliency. She is currently the founder of her second global advisory services firm, Lighthouse Strategies, and advises investors and technology companies on risk management, artificial intelligence, government mission requirements, new technology use cases across the public and private security spectrum, and the mitigation of potential threats or vulnerabilities posed by new technologies. Ms. Nielsen most recently served as the sixth U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, where she oversaw 240,000 law enforcement, civilian and military employees and a $70 billion annual budget. During her tenure, Secretary Nielsen drove major organizational change at DHS to promote a posture of relentless resilience to protect the nation against evolving threats and better equip frontline defenders, including increasing consequences for malicious cyber actors, launching sophisticated efforts to block terrorists from infiltrating the US, successfully working with Congress to create the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and crafting new legislative authorities to protect civilians against weaponized drones and chemical/biological weapons. Previously, Ms. Nielsen held various positions in government, including White House Principal Deputy Chief of Staff, DHS Chief of Staff, Senior Director on the Homeland Security Council and other senior positions in the executive and legislative branches of government. Internationally recognized as a national security expert, Ms. Nielsen is active on a variety of advisory and policy boards, promoting government, non-profit, and private sector security collaboration. She is a member of the Board Advisors for the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida and co-leads working groups on cyber and critical infrastructure security for the Homeland Security Experts Group. Ms. Nielsen also sits on the Advisory Boards of emerging tech companies focused on cybersecurity, digital identity, drug and biothreat detection, decentralized finance, and emergency communications. She holds a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Non - Executive Director of the Royal Automobile Club
Mark Wood CBE is one of the UK's leading financial figures.
He has held several senior positions in global institutions, including Head of Cash Management at Barclays Bank, Chief Executive of Prudential UK and Europe, and CEO of AXA UK.
In 2006, with £500m of private equity backing, Mark founded Paternoster, which quickly became the market leader in bulk annuities.
A regular media commentator on pensions and insurance, Mark is a Non-Executive Director of the Royal Automobile Club and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the NSPCC.
He received an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Anglia Ruskin University in 2010.
In 2017, Mark was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the British public sector.
Job Titles:
- Ambassador
- Co - Founder, Chairman & CEO of Concordia
Matt Swift is the Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO of Concordia. The Concordia Annual Summit convenes the world's most prominent business, government and nonprofit leaders to foster dialogue and enable effective partnerships for positive social impact. Concordia is built upon Matthew's passion for entrepreneurship, co-operation and global affairs and is recognised as a global leader in cultivating global partnerships.
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- Head of Business Development, Middle East & North Africa ( MENA )
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- Senior Advisor
- Chairman of Korn Ferry Board
- Member of the Advisory Boards of Delancey Real Estate
Oliver Pawle is Chairman of Korn Ferry Board Services Practice, focusing on chairman, non-executive and executive board appointments. He also serves as a Senior Client Partner in the firm's London office.
Oliver has advised on board recruitment for many major companies, including GSK, Cobham, Amadeus, Weir Group, Prudential, the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Bank of England.
Prior to his current position, he was Vice Chairman of the investment banking division of UBS. In that role, he acted as a Corporate Broking Advisor to many FTSE companies.
Previously, Oliver worked for UBS Phillips & Drew, becoming a Managing Director in 1992 and Head of Corporate Broking in 1993. He joined County NatWest in 1980 and was responsible for developing their investment banking business in Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan.
Oliver began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, moving into corporate finance with Barings in London and New York.
Oliver is a member of the advisory boards of Delancey Real Estate and Reform, a think tank involved in the reform of the public sector. He is also the Non-Executive Global Chairman of FTI Strategic Communications, a leading global consulting company. He is on the National Theatre Development Council and is the founder and Chair of Trustees of the New Entrepreneurs Foundation.
Oliver is a qualified ACA and an economics graduate.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chief Executive
- Advisor to Antin Infrastructure Partners
- Chairman of Pressure Technology Plc
- Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants
Sir Roy Gardner is an experienced chairman and chief executive with over 40 years' experience in both executive and non-executive roles in a variety of businesses in the services, energy, industrial, chemicals, electronics, insurance, catering, and leisure sectors.
Sir Roy is Chairman of Pressure Technology plc. Sir Roy is also an Advisor to Antin Infrastructure Partners, and Digitalis.
Previously, Sir Roy was Chairman of Serco plc, Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd., Senior Independent Director at William Hill PLC, Senior Advisor to Credit Suisse, a Non-Executive Director of Willis Group Holdings Limited, Chairman of Compass Group PLC, Chief Executive of Centrica plc, Managing Director of GEC-Marconi Limited and a Director of GEC plc and Managing Director of STC PLC.
He has also been the Chairman of Manchester United plc, and a Non-Executive Director of Laporte plc.
He is the former Chairman of the Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network. Sir Roy is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, City & Guilds Institute and the Energy Institute and has an Honorary Degree from Thames Valley University.
Sir Roy was recognised by Harvard in the US as one of the greatest wealth creators in the world, thirty-eighth position (Bill Gates was number one).
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Senior Associate in Digitalis 's Digital Risk
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- Ambassador
- Chairman of the Queen 's Commonwealth Trust
Stephen Ball is the Chairman of the Queen's Commonwealth Trust. He has served as Global Lead Partner, CEO and Board Member of global financial institutions, multinational companies and leading professional services firms. He practiced law in the UK and USA with Slaughter and May and Linklaters, before moving into investment banking in Asia-Pacific, the GCC and Europe.
Stephen has received the Freedom of the City of London. Euromoney ranked him in their guide to the world's leading banking lawyers, and The Lawyer ranked him as one of its Hot 100 Lawyers in the UK, describing his strategy as "making legal history" as Global Managing Partner of an international law firm and Special Advisor to the Chairman - Asia Peace and Reconciliation Council.
Stephen represents his firm, Willkie at the United Nations, the World Economic Forum in Davos and the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, and he advises on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
He has 25 years' global experience in leadership and advising on strategy, financial services, fintech, cyber, AI and risk for leading global banks, companies, PE firms, hedge funds and sovereign governments.
Stephen's clients include Goldman Sachs, the Carlyle Group, CQS, Rothschild, Wikipedia, UBS, HSBC, the London Stock Exchange, MCM, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, SoftBank and the People's Bank of China, as well as sovereign governments around the world.
He is the General Editor of the book Hedge Funds published by the European Lawyer, which received the Queen's Award to Industry. He writes on M&A, ASEAN, high frequency trading, dark pools, HLTs and derivatives.
Stephen has served on the Board of Trustees of think tank Asia House, and is Chair of the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee. He has served on the Board of Governors of the English National Ballet and Advisory Boards of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal Albert Hall.
Job Titles:
- Head of HR
- Managing Director, People
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- Senior Associate
- Senior Associate and Head of Content
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- Ambassador
- Digital Strategist
Traci is a leading digital strategist, visiting policy fellow at Oxford OII and an investor in global consumer brands and female entrepreneurs in technology.
She specialises in identifying and realising authentic partnerships between brands, causes, and celebrities. Notably, Traci defined the strategy for David Beckham's digital and social media presence over the last decade which includes working with the MLS soccer franchise Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami. She has also worked extensively with talent including Lewis Hamilton & Neymar Jr.
Traci has built strong expertise in the commercial sector advising on global brand strategies for companies such as L'Oréal, Adidas, Skype and King and has formed global partnerships with Google, Meta, Tencent, and TikTok.