Richard Benham

Richard Benham is best known globally as a pioneer in the world of Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Warfare.

As an academic in 2014 he created the first MBA in Cyber Security that was launched at a cross party event at The House of Commons and received the personal support of the Prime Minster.

In 2016 he formed the charity The Cyber Trust to help protect vulnerable groups using technology. In 2017 he was nominated for the UK Digital Leader of the Year for his Cyber4Schools initiatives which has been adopted nationally by the National Police Chiefs Council.

As well as holding numerous visiting chairs at U.K. Universities, he is a council member of The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and acts as an adviser to governments, law enforcement agencies and the U.K. Ministry of Defence.

ACADEMIC - SOLDIER - SPY - FUNDRAISER - HERO - and now AUTHOR … sorry the rest of my earlier career is covered by the Official Secrets Act so please guess the rest!