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<h1 class="hero-name">Matthew Bancroft</h1>

<p class="hero-title">Senior Cyber Security & Technology Executive</p>

<span class="hero-tag">Management Consulting</span>

<span class="hero-tag">Digital Trust</span>

<span class="hero-tag">OT / IT Convergence</span>

<span class="hero-tag">Practice Leadership</span>

<span class="hero-tag">CxO Advisory</span>

<span class="hero-tag">AI Governance</span>

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<a href="mailto:matthew_bancroft@hotmail.com">matthew_bancroft@hotmail.com</a>

<a href="https://www.matthewbancroft.online">matthewbancroft.online</a>

<span>South Yorkshire · Hybrid / London</span>

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<div class="stat-label">Years in Cyber Security</div>

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<div class="stat-label">Consultants Led</div>

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<div class="stat-label">Countries Delivered In</div>

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<div class="stat-label">Industry Sectors</div>

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<span class="section-label">Executive Profile</span>

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Dynamic and entrepreneurial senior leader with over 25 years of <strong>progressive achievement across cyber security, digital trust, and technology transformation</strong>. Starting from hands-on network security operations and evolving through independent consulting, global practice leadership, and vendor sales — every role has built deliberately toward the ability to advise, lead, and commercialise at the most senior levels.

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Recognised for strategic vision, commercial acumen, and a talent for <strong>building and scaling world-class consulting teams and portfolios</strong>. A trusted CxO advisor with deep, hard-won expertise in OT/IT convergence, operational and cyber resilience, AI governance, and emerging threat landscapes. Brings rare breadth across both Information Technology and Operational Technology — <strong>grounded in technical reality, elevated to boardroom fluency</strong>.

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<span class="section-label">Career Trajectory</span>

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<div class="tl-period">2023 – Present</div>

<div class="tl-role">Senior Director, Digital Trust Cyber Consulting</div>

<div class="tl-org">Capgemini Invent · London</div>

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<div class="tl-role">Security Director, Private Sector</div>

<div class="tl-org">Capgemini CIS · London</div>

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<div class="tl-role">Interim CTO & Security Director</div>

<div class="tl-org">AgileCadence · Perth, Scotland</div>

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<div class="tl-role">EMEA Head of OT Cyber Security (Pre-Sales / Sales / Channel)</div>

<div class="tl-org">Forescout · London</div>

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<div class="tl-role">Global Industrial Cyber Security Director</div>

<div class="tl-org">Wipro · London / Bangalore</div>

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<div class="tl-role">Freelance Cyber Security Consultant</div>

<div class="tl-org">UK · Denmark · Belgium · Switzerland · Nordics</div>

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<div class="tl-role">Data Networks & Cyber Security Analyst</div>

<div class="tl-org">HSBC · Sheffield</div>

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<div class="tl-role">BSc (Hons) Applied Physics, 2:1 & BP Year Placement</div>

<div class="tl-org">Sheffield Hallam University & BP Sunbury</div>

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<span class="section-label">Career in Detail</span>

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<div class="role-org">Capgemini Invent</div>

<div class="role-title">Senior Director, Digital Trust Cyber Consulting</div>

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<div class="role-period">2023 – Present · London</div>

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<p class="role-narrative">The convergence point of a 25-year career. Leading a 50+ consultant CxO-focused cyber strategy and innovation practice, with full ownership of utilisation, talent, delivery, client acquisition, and P&L — demanding equal command of the commercial, the strategic, and the technical.</p>

<strong>Capability Convergence</strong>

Draws on OT/IT technical depth from HSBC and Wipro; practice-building instincts from a decade of independent consulting; commercial rigour forged at Forescout; and enterprise leadership honed at Capgemini CIS. Every prior role feeds this one.

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<div class="achievements-label">Selected Achievements</div>

<li>Leading a <strong>50+ consultant cyber practice</strong> covering CxO strategy, digital trust, resilience, and emerging technology — managing the full commercial lifecycle from pipeline to profitability.</li>

<li>Established and leads the <strong>OPRES (Operational Resilience) portfolio</strong> for Invent UK — delivering the first Nuclear sector win in Q1 2025, with a 2026 pipeline exceeding £1M.</li>

<li>Heads the <strong>SecureAI portfolio</strong> — driving AI Governance, Risk & Compliance consulting and leading the Invent UK TrustedAI business, focused on Agentic CISO transformation and SecureAI operationalisation.</li>

<li>Invent global lead for consulting portfolio development across <strong>AI, OT, and GRC</strong>.</li>

<li>Created a <strong>Cyber Innovation and Incubation partner programme</strong> to take niche and start-up cyber solutions to market.</li>

<li>Owns the cyber consulting sector business for <strong>Manufacturing and Automotive</strong>.</li>

<li>Defined and delivered software developer security training for a <strong>major UK air travel client</strong> in 2025/26.</li>

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<div class="role-org">Capgemini CIS</div>

<div class="role-title">Security Director, Private Sector</div>

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<div class="role-period">2021 – 2023 · London</div>

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<p class="role-narrative">Joined as the front door for cyber across UK Energy, Utilities, Chemicals, and Private Sector — immediately rebooting stalled pipelines and building new service capabilities that established the credibility for Senior Director elevation.</p>

<strong>Capability Evolution</strong>

Applied the full commercial toolkit from Forescout and AgileCadence within a Tier 1 consulting firm — demanding rapid assimilation of complex internal structures while delivering measurable commercial outcomes from day one.

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<div class="achievements-label">Selected Achievements</div>

<li>Rebooted the Capgemini OT practice — building new services, consulting capabilities, and <strong>OT/IT MSSP offerings from the ground up</strong>.</li>

<li>Drove new business across UK CNI energy and utilities clients by expanding vendor alliances with <strong>Tenable, Microsoft, Fortinet, and AWS</strong>.</li>

<li>Led full-lifecycle RFI/RFP bid responses across the cyber portfolio — spanning SOC, cloud, end-user compute, OT, identity, and infrastructure.</li>

<li>Published thought leadership and sales enablement collateral that directly supported <strong>pipeline growth</strong>.</li>

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<div class="role-org">AgileCadence</div>

<div class="role-title">Interim CTO & Security Director</div>

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<div class="role-period">2020 – 2021 · Perth, Scotland</div>

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<p class="role-narrative">Founding-level leadership during the pandemic — architecting and commercialising a net-new Azure Cloud Managed Services and Security Consulting business for a Microsoft Gold Partner, from concept to live clients.</p>

<strong>Capability Evolution</strong>

A deliberate shift to designing a business rather than running one. Productising IP into CI/CD pipelines and publishing to the Azure Marketplace directly informed the practice-building approach applied at scale at Capgemini.

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<div class="achievements-label">Selected Achievements</div>

<li>Designed and built <strong>Microsoft Azure/Sentinel/M365 Security Consultancy and Managed Service offerings</strong> — published to the Azure Marketplace and live with clients.</li>

<li>Created <strong>ZTR3</strong> — a proprietary Zero Trust-based cyber security assessment framework to reduce technical debt and drive secure IT operating model transformation.</li>

<li>Delivered full Microsoft security stack coverage: M365 EDR/XDR/Defender, Azure Defender, Sentinel SIEM/SOAR/SOC, and Hybrid Identity.</li>

<li>Worked with DevOps team to <strong>automate and productise IP</strong> within CI/CD pipelines.</li>

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<div class="role-org">Forescout</div>

<div class="role-title">EMEA Head of OT Cyber Security · Pre-Sales / Sales / Channel</div>

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<div class="role-period">2019 – 2020 · London</div>

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<p class="role-narrative">Recruited to reshape and scale EMEA commercial operations following Forescout's acquisition of Dutch OT security vendor Security Matters — rapidly expanding from Pre-Sales leadership to full EMEA Sales and Channel ownership.</p>

<strong>Capability Evolution</strong>

The move from consulting into a vendor environment with hard commercial targets accelerated commercial maturity at pace — growing a region from near-zero to multi-million dollars in six months built the P&L instincts that define senior practice leadership.

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<div class="achievements-label">Selected Achievements</div>

<li>Grew EMEA revenue from a standing start to <strong>over $2M within six months</strong>.</li>

<li>Managed a team of 5 presales engineers across Europe and the Middle East — standardising PoV processes and automating RFP responses.</li>

<li>Simultaneously took on EMEA Sales Team management and <strong>channel partner relationship leadership</strong>.</li>

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<div class="role-org">Wipro</div>

<div class="role-title">Global Practice Director, Industrial Cyber Security · Cyber Account Director · EMEA Ventures Director</div>

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<div class="role-period">2014 – 2019 · London / Bangalore</div>

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<p class="role-narrative">Five transformative years across three concurrent and sequential roles: building a global practice from nothing, incubating VC-backed start-ups across EMEA, then leading global accounts for the world's largest energy companies.</p>

<strong>Capability Evolution</strong>

The crucible. Building a global practice from zero — hiring, designing services, building a vendor ecosystem, delivering across continents — required every consulting, commercial, and leadership skill simultaneously.

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<div class="achievements-label">Practice Director · Global (2014–2018)</div>

<li>Built a <strong>global Industrial OT Cybersecurity consulting practice from scratch</strong> and ran it for five years — among the first of its kind in the market.</li>

<li>Delivered engagements spanning Oil & Gas in Oman, Medical Manufacturing in the USA, and Industrial security programmes across Europe.</li>

<li>Built strategic vendor relationships with OT-specialist firms including Indegy, Nextnine, Security Matters, and Kaspersky Industrial.</li>

<li>Built and managed <strong>global channel partner alliances</strong> with best-of-breed cyber security vendors.</li>

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<div class="achievements-label">EMEA Ventures Director · Concurrent (2016–2017)</div>

<li>Incubated Wipro Ventures-backed start-ups (Vectra, Demisto, Cycognito, Intsights) across EMEA — generating <strong>$2M+ new business in year one</strong>.</li>

<li>Created holistic sales collateral spanning Threat Hunting, SOAR, Real-Time Cyber Exposure, and Deep Web Intelligence.</li>

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<div class="achievements-label">Account Director · Shell & BP (2018–2019)</div>

<li>Global cyber client partner for <strong>two Oil & Gas super majors</strong>, managing multi-million dollar accounts across London and Den Haag.</li>

<li>Delivered <strong>120% of a £6M annual target</strong> in the first year.</li>

<li>Acted as trusted CISO-level advisor, managing senior security leadership relationships at board level.</li>

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<div class="role-org">Independent Consulting</div>

<div class="role-title">Freelance Cyber Security Consultant</div>

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<div class="role-period">2004 – 2014 · UK, Nordics, Europe</div>

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<p class="role-narrative">A decade of deliberate breadth — working independently across sectors, geographies, and disciplines to develop the multi-domain versatility that defines the subsequent leadership career. No single employer could have provided this range.</p>

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<div class="engagement-client">Carlsberg Group</div>

<div class="engagement-role-title">Security Consultant / Interim Group OT Security Manager</div>

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<li>Chief architect and programme manager for a <strong>landmark OT/IT Cyber Transformation programme spanning 17 countries and 30+ manufacturing facilities</strong> — one of the most extensive industrial cyber programmes of its era.</li>

<li>Designed bespoke SCADA security policy, OT governance, and a new Supply Chain Systems IT organisation across Europe.</li>

<li>Led ISO27001 policy rollout across 15 European countries — engaging CIOs, CFOs, and HR Directors in each territory.</li>

<li>Managed the group OT Security function with local country managers reporting in monthly.</li>

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<div class="engagement-client">Yara International</div>

<div class="engagement-role-title">SCADA/ICS Security Consultant & Project Manager</div>

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<ul>

<li>Chief architect and project manager for a <strong>global quantitative risk assessment across 90 sites in 80 countries</strong> — upstream, downstream, supply, trade, and industrial operations — delivered in six months.</li>

<li>Presented a fully costed remediation roadmap to senior leadership, directly informing Yara's global OT security investment strategy.</li>

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<div class="engagement-client">William Hill</div>

<div class="engagement-role-title">Interim Head of Information Security</div>

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<ul>

<li>Built a team of five security analysts from scratch and led PCI DSS, ISO27001, DLP, NAC, and DDoS prevention programmes.</li>

<li>Ran <strong>security operations for the UK Grand National and major global sporting events</strong> — a high-profile responsibility held for four years.</li>

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<div class="engagement-client">BT Design</div>

<div class="engagement-role-title">Network & Security Architect</div>

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<ul>

<li>End-to-end solution designer on the <strong>Home Office e-Borders programme bid</strong> — one of the largest UK government security contracts of the era.</li>

<li>Won internal award for uplift of BT's core email security infrastructure.</li>

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<div class="role-title">Data Networks & Cyber Security Analyst</div>

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<div class="role-period">2000 – 2004 · Sheffield</div>

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<p class="role-narrative">The foundation. Entered through the graduate training scheme, rapidly qualifying in Cisco and Checkpoint — gaining the technical rigour of enterprise financial services security that underpins every subsequent achievement.</p>

<li>3rd-line support of Checkpoint, HP OpenView, DNS, SNMP, and CiscoWorks across a <strong>global financial services infrastructure</strong>.</li>

<li>Designed, implemented, and troubleshot complex IP networks, firewall platforms (Nokia IP650, Alteon, HP-UX), and Cisco VPN environments.</li>

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<span class="section-label">Specialisms & Skills</span>

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<div class="specialism-domain">Leadership & Commercial</div>

<div class="specialism-items">CxO Advisory · Practice Leadership · P&L Ownership · Talent Development · Pipeline & Portfolio Innovation</div>

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<div class="specialism-domain">Strategic</div>

<div class="specialism-items">Cyber Strategy & Transformation · Digital Trust · OPRES & Cyber Resilience · AI Governance · SecureAI</div>

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<div class="specialism-domain">Technical Domains</div>

<div class="specialism-items">OT/IT Convergence · Secure Intelligent Industry · Cyber-Physical Security · Cloud & Zero Trust · Modern SOC · SIEM/SOAR/XDR</div>

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<div class="specialism-domain">Emerging Technology</div>

<div class="specialism-items">Agentic AI · SecDevOps · IoT/IIoT · Connected Vehicle Security · TPRM · Human Risk Management</div>

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<div class="specialism-domain">Compliance & Assurance</div>

<div class="specialism-items">ISO27001/2 · NIS2 · NIST CSF · IEC 62443 · PCI DSS · CPNI · Cyber Essentials</div>

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<div class="specialism-domain">Sectors</div>

<div class="specialism-items">Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Oil & Gas · Transport · Finance · Retail · Health · Public Sector</div>

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<span class="section-label">Professional Certifications</span>

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<span class="cert-badge">CISSP</span>

<div class="cert-text">ISC² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (2009, renewed 2013)</div>

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<div class="cert-text">ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (2012)</div>

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<div class="cert-text">ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (2010)</div>

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<span class="cert-badge">CGEIT</span>

<div class="cert-text">ISACA Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (2013)</div>

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<div class="cert-text">MSSP Security Partner Certified (2022)</div>

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<div class="cert-text">Microsoft Azure Certified Fundamentals (2020)</div>

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<span class="cert-badge">GICSP</span>

<div class="cert-text">SANS / Shell Houston Training Completed</div>

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<span class="section-label">International Speaking & Thought Leadership</span>

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<div class="speaking-item">Abu Dhabi Downstream 2014<span>Industrial Cyber Security</span></div>

<div class="speaking-item">Kazenergy 2014<span>Industrial Cybersecurity & Panel Advisor</span></div>

<div class="speaking-item">Cisco Live Melbourne 2015<span>Ukrainian Power Attacks & Cyber Threats</span></div>

<div class="speaking-item">SPE Aberdeen 2016<span>Oil & Gas Cyber Security Panel</span></div>

<div class="speaking-item">UAE Dubai ISACA 2017<span>Advanced Automated Cyber Physical Security</span></div>

<div class="speaking-item">Helsinki / Oslo / Copenhagen 2018<span>Advanced Adaptive Cybersecurity for Industrial & CNI</span></div>

<div class="speaking-item">FT Cyber Security Summit 2019<span>Advanced Adaptive Cybersecurity for Industrial & CNI</span></div>

<div class="speaking-item">Future Downstream London 2018/19<span>Panellist & Speaker</span></div>

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<span class="section-label">Education</span>

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<h3>BSc (Hons) Applied Physics, 2:1  ·  Sheffield Hallam University</h3>

<p>Dual-accredited by The Institute of Physics and The Institute of Electronic Engineers. Combined theoretical physics and mathematics with practical engineering disciplines including semiconductor IC theory, design, and manufacture. Options included French, Business Studies, and Visual Programming.</p>

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<p><strong>Year Placement: BP Petrophysics Laboratory, Sunbury</strong> — Oil and gas reservoir rock testing and R&D. The first exposure to industrial operations and physical science — a thread that runs directly through to OT/ICS security leadership two decades later.</p>

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