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Lindy Cameron

CEO NCSC

Lindy became CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre in October 2020 following more than two decades of national security policy and crisis management experience. She was previously a Director-General in the Northern Ireland Office and at the Department for International Development (DFID). After starting her career in the private sector, Lindy served across government both at home and abroad, including postings in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Paul Chichester MBE

Director Operations NCSC

Paul is Director Operations of the National Cyber Security Centre. He has worked in the UK government intelligence and security community for over 25 years in a variety of offensive and defensive cyber roles. Paul was awarded the MBE in 2005 for his ground-breaking work in cyber.

Chris Ensor

Deputy Director for Cyber Skills and Growth

Chris has worked in cyber security for nearly 30 years in a variety of roles, all of which have involved building new capabilities to help organisations protect themselves. As Deputy Director for Cyber Growth, he is charged with using the NCSC’s expertise and brand to build national cyber security capabilities in education, skills, research, innovation and industry.

Dr Ian Levy OBE

Technical Director NCSC

Ian became Technical Director of the National Cyber Security Centre in October 2016, prior to which he was Technical Director of Cyber Security and Resilience at GCHQ. Ian leads on developing defences to manage cyber threats. This involves fostering technical innovation to find solutions that can protect the UK from large scale cyber attacks, and day-to-day malicious cyber activity.

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Paul Maddinson

Director, National Resilience and Strategy NCSC

Paul became Director of National Resilience and Strategy in April 2021, leading the NCSC’s work on strategy and delivery with a particular focus on increasing cyber resilience across government, critical national infrastructure, and wider economy and society. He has worked in a variety of roles across government in national security and international relations, with postings abroad in the US, Europe and Africa. Paul has previously been NCSC Deputy Director for Operations and was involved in establishing the cross-government Incident Management function for the NCSC’s launch in 2016.

Marsha Quallo-Wright

Deputy Director for Critical National Infrastructure NCSC

Marsha heads up the NCSC team that supports private sector companies, that operate the UK’s most critical infrastructure delivering essential services (energy, water, transport, telecoms, finance, civil nuclear, food, space, post). The team works with industry to make the UK a safer place. We develop trusted relationships with industry and work with them to increase their cyber security and resilience to ensure essential services are available to support the public. Marsha is a Senior Civil Servant who over the last 12 years has worked on resilience and security in a number of Government departments and has a background in scientific research.

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