Specialist Intelligence and Advisory Services

John Cryan

Chairman

John is Chairman of X Cyber Group. John was a Director of the Board at Man Group PLC since January 2015 and was Chair of Man Group PLC from January 2020 to September 2023. John was also CEO of Deutsche Bank AG from July 2015 to April 2018, Prior to his appointment as CEO, John served on the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank, chairing its audit committee and as a member of its risk committee. Prior to his time at Deutsche Bank AG, he held a number of senior roles at UBS AG over a career spanning more than 25 years with the banking group, during which time he served as Group CFO as well as Chairman and CEO of UBS AG, EMEA. Following his time at UBS, John was president of Temasek, based in Singapore.

Philip Robbins

General Counsel

For over 20 years, Philip was a British government lawyer, advising military commanders, senior officials and secretaries of state on many of the most sensitive and challenging issues faced by the UK government. From 2009 to 2019, he led the UK government’s consideration of how, and to what extent, UK domestic and international legal frameworks regulate cyber activities in peacetime and conflict.

Philip is a member of the advisory board of the Tech, Law and Security Programme at Washington College of Law, American University. He is also a visiting fellow of Cranfield University, focusing on the legal aspects of cyber security and operations.

Ryan Carbin

Director

Ryan is a uniquely skilled technical individual with 27 years UK Government experience, during which he, and the multi-disciplined team he led, were at the forefront of the UK Government’s cyber offensive and defensive operations - designing and producing unique, cutting edge tools and techniques to meet National requirements.

Pete Moreman

Director

Pete has over 30 years’ experience in the intelligence sphere, pioneering, developing and leading the UK Government department responsible for cyber-derived intelligence. In his leadership capacity, Pete and his teams executed many cyber operations against a range of high-priority targets worldwide.

Pete Watson

Director

Pete spent 30 years in government specialising in cyber technologies and has a lifelong passion for computing, telecommunications and data science. Pete led a specialist team responsible for the acquisition, processing and analytics of significantly high-volume data as well as conducting scaled innovation and research and development. Pete has advised senior government officials across the globe on scaled analytics for emerging technologies, applications and services.

Bill Jarvis

Head of Intelligence

Bill has close to 40 years’ experience in government, managing complex intelligence and risk investigations, and delivering high impact results across a range of strategic political, defence, cyber security, and intelligence areas. He is highly skilled in managing international stakeholder relationships and diplomacy, with a proven ability to influence and negotiate.

Greg Salt

Head of Technology

Greg has 27 years of UK government service. Initially in the Royal Navy and later in HM Government, he has had a varied and successful career in intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, and the design, development and deployment of innovative cyber tools and techniques.