Siân John

Siân is Director of Security Business Development and Strategic Growth for Microsoft. She has worked in Cybersecurity for nearly 25 years working in strategy, business risk, privacy and technology.

She currently chairs the Programme Advisory Board for the Digital Economy theme and has supported several Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) review boards including the Cyber Centres of Doctoral Training and Academic Centres of Excellence for Cyber.

She is Chair of the Cybersecurity Management Committee for TechUK. She is a member of the advisory boards for UKRI Challenge Fund Digital Security by Design and LORCA, the UK government startup accelerator.

Siân is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Information Security. In 2018 she was appointed MBE for services to Cybersecurity.

Last updated: 13 February 2023

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