Dr Alison Vincent FREng

Non-Executive Director: Synectics Plc, Telesoft Ltd, Connected Places Catapult, uMotif, Cybertonica, Arqit

Dr Vincent has deep cyber-security and software engineering expertise that she has applied at Board level in mission-critical, global businesses (including banking and telecoms). She was responsible for delivering significant cyber-security control improvements at HSBC.

She has also driven technology innovation throughout her career, influencing Agile and DevOps changes across enterprise global teams to free capacity for innovation and most recently delivering a new Cyber Innovation Hub for HSBC in Tel Aviv. Dr Vincent has a long track record in addressing engineering skills shortfalls including as an ambassador for WISE ensuring on-going technical talent in the workforce.