Cloud and Cyber

About the host

Until recently Jonathan was part of IBM’s Government and Regulatory Affairs Europe team handling tech policy, in particular cloud computing and cyber security in the EU. He handeld IBM’s response to EU cyber security initiatives such as the NIS 2.0 Directive proposal and the Cyber Security Act. He also leads IBM’s involvement in GDPR related Codes of Conduct that IBM is participating in.  He is IBM’s lead in the Charter of Trust for Cybersecurity.

In previous roles, Jonathan led IBM’s involvement in EU Framework Programme research. Formerly he was managing consultant in the IBM’s Strategic Change consulting practice in the public sector based in Belgium. Before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers where he led the EMEA internal knowledge management team, and then IBM, Jonathan was marketing director for a UK software company which pioneered the first eCommerce applications. He also spent 6 years as Commercial Attache for the British Embassy in Vienna responsible for trade relations in the capital goods sector. He held a part time post Assistant Professor at the University of Business Administration and Economics in Vienna. He was also on the faculty of the Open University Business School for its MBA course and tutor in Strategy. Jonathan is currently an external lecturer at the College of Europe in Bruges and visiting professor at the University of Babes Bolyai in Kluj Napoca, Romania.

Jonathan holds a degree in modern languages from the University of Oxford (MA) and an MBA from Henley Business School, UK.