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The EU AI Act Is Live. Most Boards Don’t Know What That Means for Them.
The EU AI Act isn't coming — it's here. And while most organisations are still treating it as a future…
🎙️Tales From The Hat: Intro Episode
🎙️ Episode 1 — The Story Behind the Hat Every story starts somewhere and for Tales from the Hat, it begins with the hat itself.In this…
🎙️ Tales from the Hat: Why I’m Launching a Podcast — and Why the Hat Still Matters
Technology leadership is full of stories worth telling — about risk, resilience, innovation, and the messy human side of digital…
CSO ThreatScape 2026: Why Cyber Resilience Is a Leadership Problem, Not a Technology Problem
Reflections from CSO ThreatScape 2026 in Manchester — on why the organisations winning the cyber resilience battle aren't the ones…
Speaking at CSO ThreatScape Summit UK: What I’ll Be Bringing to the Conversation
I'm joining an exceptional panel of leaders at CSO ThreatScape Summit UK in Manchester on 19 March. Here's what's on…
The Human Attack Surface: Why AI-Powered Social Engineering Is the Biggest Cyber Threat of the Next Five Years
When AI can mine personal data at scale and craft perfectly personalised influence campaigns, the biggest vulnerability in any organisation…
Neil speaks regularly at conferences and panels on cybersecurity leadership, AI governance, and the practical realities of digital transformation.
Joined industry leaders for a day of conversation around resilience, leadership, and the future of cyber defence in an accelerating threat landscape.
Reframed the enterprise innovation conversation — AI only creates value when embedded into how teams actually operate every day.
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