Nick is part of the founding team at Darktrace, previous to which he led a cyber security consultancy advising large business on their cyber risk, and has been a speaker and coach on the topic of economic espionage. He had a long and distinguished career in the intelligence community, working overseas developing cutting-edge capabilities to defend national interests against a range of threats. Originally responsible for the commercial team, Nick established and grew the global sales team before becoming Chief Operations Officer in 2020.