Tris was appointed Managing Director of BT Security in September 2022, with responsibility for all elements of our global security activity.

Tris has over 20 years' experience in security, working across industry, global governments and academic institutions in the advancement of ground-breaking security capability.

In his previous role leading our security consulting business, Tris and his team provided strategic security direction to both large and small customers, police forces, and global governments. The consulting unit helps organisations at all stages of their security journey to assess and test their defences, understand the latest threats and trends, and select the solutions that match their security needs.

Tris has had a varied career working with start-up companies in Silicon Valley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to bring in new technologies into BT. Prior to this, he led our security portfolio and strategy team for government accounts and has held several senior technical roles.

He graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence.