Teams at Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

Lead audits of organisations’ information rights and data protection practices. Responsibilities include reviewing policies and procedures, conducting interviews and compliance tests, assessing risks, preparing evidence-based reports, making recommendations, following up on improvements, engaging stakeholders, supporting investigations and projects, and maintaining regulatory and information governance standards.

Leads solution architecture strategy, roadmaps, and end-to-end design for scalable, secure, cloud-first services. Guides technology evaluations, requirements analysis, architecture documentation, and implementation using Azure, microservices, APIs, and enterprise software. Collaborates with stakeholders, product managers, technical teams, and senior leaders to align designs with enterprise architecture principles, user needs, and business objectives. Promotes Azure best practices, supports agile delivery, evaluates emerging technologies, and helps establish architecture standards and communities of practice.

Leads the Contracts and Compliance legal team, providing strategic advice on commercial contracts, procurement, data protection, public law, leases, and data sharing. Manages complex negotiations, legal risk, external counsel, internal compliance, strategic initiatives, performance monitoring, and lawyer development. Supports organisational policy, regulatory priorities, continuous improvement, senior stakeholder engagement, and legal training while independently managing complex matters.