Management Team

Richard Hibbert

CEO, Co-Founder

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Richard is responsible for the SureCloud vision, strategy, and execution. Richard also oversees the continuous innovation of the SureCloud Platform and advises enterprises on GRC practices. Previously, Richard held executive positions at British, European and North American tech companies, where he led sales, marketing, and market development functions.

Nick Rafferty

COO, Co-Founder & EVP North America

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Nick oversees SureCloud operations and contributes to the SureCloud GRC Suite. In his career, Nick has held roles in software development and program management, delivering supply chain applications in retail, banking, and finance. Nick has also held senior positions in pre/post-sales support at British and North American tech companies.

Caren Havelock

CMO, Chief Marketing Officer

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Caren Havelock is responsible for leading and scaling the marketing strategy at SureCloud. With over 21 years of IT marketing experience, Caren has a proven track record of building and growing high performing teams, while delivering significant and sustainable results.

Chris Haynes

CFO, Chief Financial Officer

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Chris is responsible for financial strategy at SureCloud ensuring it has the right financing, reporting, systems and processes in place to underpin the company’s ambitious growth plans. Chris has been the CFO of several fast-growing technology businesses and most recently a partner and CFO in a venture capital fund where he led multiple fundraising rounds and successful portfolio company exits.

Alex Brown

VP, Product

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Alex Brown oversees the definition and delivery of all SureCloud’s product solutions across both GRC and Cybersecurity. Alex previously held senior product management positions at US-based technology companies; Veritas Technologies and Symantec, where he helped bring numerous information management, software and SaaS, solutions to market across EMEA, the Americas and Asia Pacific.

Verity Chinnery

Senior Director, GRC Implementations

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Verity is responsible for the implementations team who work closely with clients to solve their complex business problems by delivering SureCloud’s innovative technology solutions. Before SureCloud, Verity worked at PWC as a Technology Risk Senior Associate.

Paul Zeila

VP, GRC Sales

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Paul Leads the GRC sales team for EMEA at SureCloud. Paul has worked within the GRC market for over 15 years where he has led sales, alliances and pre-sales functions, developing GTM and sales growth strategies at organisations such as IBM, SAP, ACL and Deloitte. As well as having a strong sales pedigree, Paul has designed and built risk solutions.

Matthew Davies

Product Senior Director

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Matthew Davies is a Senior Director of Product Management at SureCloud and works with Information Security, Risk and Compliance professionals to help them establish consistent and repeatable Governance, Risk and Compliance processes and tooling. Matthew has been working in GRC technology and IT Risk assurance for the last seven years. In that time, he worked at PwC and Deloitte before joining SureCloud, working with RSA Archer, ServiceNow GRC, Auris GRC, IBM OpenPages and Bwise. Matthew supported organizations with building their GRC framework to automate and optimize their manual GRC processes.

Yang Zheng

Senior Director, Customer Success

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Yang Zheng leads the Customer Success and Pre-Sales teams at SureCloud. Yang is responsible in scaling the Customer Success strategy and ensuring the value provided by SureCloud justifies investment made by our entire client base. Yang previously held positions in GRC strategy, advisory and implementation at Deloitte and IBM.

Kenza Benkirane

HR & Compliance Manager

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Kenza, CIPD qualified is responsible for the HR & Compliance function in SureCloud. She is responsible for developing and implementing policies, programs and services that contribute to the attainment of corporate and employee goals. She is accountable for ensuring the smooth running of matters around the executive team and the back-office functions of Finance, Human Resources, Administration, Facilities, Legal and Compliance. Prior to joining SureCloud, Kenza was responsible for the HR function for an IT Computer Software Company.

Mike Harrison

VP, Sales & Commercial, Cyber Services

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Mike heads up the Commercial side of our Cybersecurity Business Unit, with key responsibilities including Sales, Channel, Marketing and Finance. Previously, Mike led our Global Channel Partner program. Prior to joining SureCloud Mike enjoyed a 20-year career in the heavily regulated banking sector, managing sales teams and executing Corporate Banking transactions.

Ben Jepson

VP, Cyber Services

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Ben is responsible for the vision, strategic relationships and strategy execution of SureCloud’s risk advisory division. Ben also oversees the commercial relationships with a number of key clients. Previously Ben has held sales, commercial and executive roles in international cyber security, risk and technology businesses.

Sarah Ross

Operations Director, Cyber Services

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Sarah is responsible for the smooth running and coordination of the resourcing function within SureCloud’s services business including coordination, facilitation and development of the relevant processes required and identifying areas for continuous improvement. Sarah has worked within the industry for over 10 years and sitting on leadership teams and providing support and direction for complex operational units.

Craig Moores

Risk Advisory Senior Director

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Craig is responsible for SureCloud’s Risk Advisory practice including engagement scoping, consultancy delivery and client relationships. Craig was most recently part of the senior delivery team within a global cyber security consultancy, responsible for leading and delivering complex cyber security solutions aligned to strategic business objectives. Craig has broad cyber security experience including a strong technical, software development and project management background, with particular strengths in the areas of information risk management, PCI DSS, strategic planning and business auditing. Craig is a certified CISSP, Lead Auditor and PCI DSS QSA.

Nick Hayes

Director of Cyber Solutions

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As part of the SureCloud cyber services division's leadership team, Nick is responsible for developing and executing the strategy for the cyber testing team. Along with the responsibility for developing tech-led consulting service propositions that combine our expertise, the SureCloud platform and technology. Additionally, Nick oversees and drives several commercial relationships with key clients. Previously, Nick has held technical delivery and leadership positions within a number of global consulting services organisations.