Lee Whatford

Lee Whatford is a seasoned leader in information security and risk management. With over 25 years’ experience in a wide variety of roles across the infosec industry, including having led and worked for start-ups, large vendors, consultancies and managed service providers.

Lee took his first proper security role as Head of Information Security for Whitbread in 2017 and is now CISO for another well known high street brand. He is a Founding Partner and NED at the South East Cyber Resilience Centre and holds a number of strategic advisory roles with several industry bodies. Lee enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience as a regular speaker at a variety of industry events and retains a strong interest in the start-up community.

Outside of his infosec commitments Lee enjoys the great outdoors, photography and traveling.