Practice Leaders

Tony Collings OBE
Executive Chairman ECA Group

A fellow of the British Computer Society, an experienced CLAS Security consultant and qualified UK Government Security Accreditor, Tony is a regular conference speaker and authority on a wide area of associated Business and Data Assurance matters. He has 40 years experience in the practical application of system and network architecture, appropriate security policy, business assurance and continuity, and data and control centres for military, government and corporate application.

Now directing the overall business assurance challenges for the UK government Trusted Borders Programme, he was previously head of the Resilience, Security and Fraud prevention team for the UK National ID Card Programme.

Catherine Mitchell-Reid
CEO ECA Group

Catherine has 30 years of experience in global operational senior management, sales, marketing and specialised consulting. She has particular expertise in operational optimisation including commercial effectiveness, new product development and global launch operations, and has in-depth understanding of safety and security of patient and physician data in UK, Europe and US. Catherine is a Member of the British Computer Society, as well as being prominent in several pharmaceutical global leadership and general management forums.

David Perry
Chief Technical Officer, and Practice Lead PKI

David is a subject matter specialist in Identity Management, Biometrics and Information Security and Assurance. Most recently he has worked for Raytheon, the Home Office and Borders and Immigration Agency (BIA), BP, Patient First Alliance (NHS), Prudential, COR‐IBS, Royal Bank Scotland Group, Barclays Asset Finance, Corporate Banking and Barclays Capital. His experience includes strategy, design and project management of Enterprise and Solution Architectures.

Toby Stevens
Practice Lead Privacy & Identity Management

Toby is a privacy, security and identity expert who specialises in facilitating debate about the implications of managing privacy and personal information, and has also worked in security management research, Year 2000, euro implementation and broader IT project management roles. The author of the Information Commissioner's 'Privacy by Design' report, and publisher of Computer Weekly's privacy blog, Toby is a leading commentator on privacy issues.

Toby is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, where he chairs the Information Privacy Expert Panel, sits as a referee for the RSA Conference Europe and Kantara ID Deployment of the Year awards, and sits on the Department for Transport’s Road Pricing Advisory Forum. He is is also a member of the European Advisory Committee for the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and a referee for the Economic and Social Research Council.