Sean Huggett
Consultant & MD
Sean specialises in data protection, information risk and information security consulting. He is a qualified barrister, having been called to the Bar in 1998, and started his career as an in-house lawyer working in intellectual property, data protection and commercial contracts. He later progressed in to commercial leadership roles, working in a number of sectors before specialising in governance, risk and compliance with a focus on privacy and security. Sean is also Managing Director at Evalian.
His qualifications include IAPP CIPP-E, CIPT, GDPR Practitioner Certificate, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor and CISMP.
Philip Harris
Consultant & Ops Director
Philip consults on data protection and information security and acts as outsourced DPO for clients. He has a long history of working with innovative, technology led businesses and in technology licensing. He is experienced in building and supporting operational and compliance business functions, including HR, ICT, H&S and Quality Management Systems. Phil is also Operations Director at Evalian.
His qualifications include IAPP CIPP-E, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, CIPD and APM. He also holds an MBA from Imperial College.
Chris Hawthorn
Commercial Director
Chris is our Commercial Director, with responsibility for client care and business development. He has a strong knowledge of data protection, information security, penetration testing and ISO 27001.
Prior to joining Evalian, Chris has worked with early stage and fast growing companies in the software, information security and data protection space, and has spent time living and working in Europe as well as here in the UK.
Martin Frost
Consultant
Martin consults on information security, ISO 27001 and data protection. Prior to joining Evalian, Martin served with HM Forces in a variety of roles, including as Operations and Assurance Manager for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
His qualifications include IAPP CIPP-E, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, CISMP, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Network+, PRINCE2 Practitioner and Agile Practitioner.
Daniel Djiann
Consultant
Daniel consults on ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 9001 and business continuity. He has specialised in organisational resilience for much of his career, working as a consultant and in-house for multi-national organisations
He is an ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 Lead Auditor and a Member of the Business Continuity Institute, MBCI.
Neil Scott
Consultant
Neil consults on data protection and GDPR compliance. He has a background in intellectual property law and has served in both the Police and the RAF.
He holds an LLB, LLM and the IAPP CIPP-E.
Phillip Davison
Consultant
Phillip consults on data protection, e-privacy and freedom of information, and acts as outsourced DPO for clients. He worked for the Information Commissioner's Office for 8 years, as a Case Officer and later as a Lead Policy Officer.
Since leaving the ICO, Phillip has worked as a specialist data protection consultant and outsourced Data Protection Officer. He holds the ISEB Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection.
Chris Stone
Consultant
Chris consults on information and IT security compliance, security assurance and incident response.
He has worked in security compliance and access management analysis and assurance in the travel and financial services sectors.
Georgina Donovan
Communications Executive
Georgina supports our external communications, including our website content, news items, blogs and social media updates.
Before working for Evalian, Georgina worked as communications manager for a life sciences business, managing their external communications, marketing suppliers and creating content for their various marketing channels.
Alex Harper
Senior Security Consultant
Alex is a senior security consultant, specialising in security testing of IT infrastructure, web applications and mobile applications. He started his career as a software developer before moving into ethical hacking and security consulting.
His qualifications include Cyber Scheme Team Leader (CSTL), Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) and Qualified Security Team Member (QTSM).
Ray Orife
Data Protection Lawyer
Ray specialises in data protection and information rights law. He is a qualified solicitor and worked in private practice and in-house in commercial law roles before focusing on data protection. Before joining Evalian he was in-house counsel and Data Protection Officer for a high street financial services organisation and their associated businesses.
His qualifications in include a First Class Honours Degree in Law, LPC (Distinction), Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection (PC.dp) and IAPP CIPP/E.
Nelson Santos
Consultant
Nelson consults on information and cyber security, including incident detection, incident management, cloud security, software and database security and security compliance.
He has a PhD in Applied Computing (specialising in data security in cloud environments using machine learning) and a First Class degree in Computer and Information Security. Nelson has worked in IT support, information security and as a software developer before coming to work for Evalian.