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Jonny Pelter

CISO and security expert helping organisations build resilient cyber defences in a high-threat world.

Accreditations

  • Certified Information Privacy Manager
  • Certified Information Privacy Professional, Europe
  • Certified Information Security Manager
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional
  • Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
  • ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner
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About

Building cyber resilience that scales

Jonny is a CISO and Partner at CyPro with two decades of experience defending FTSE 100s, scale-ups and critical national infrastructure against the world's most sophisticated threat actors.

He works with boards and security leaders to translate threat intelligence into actionable strategy, building security programmes that are pragmatic, measurable and aligned to commercial goals.

Previously held senior security roles across financial services, retail and government, and is a regular speaker on cyber resilience, ransomware and the evolving regulatory landscape.

Worked with

az
bgi
british gas
cigna
deloitte
euroclear
jpm
kpmg
lme
m & g
ns & i
royal london
rsa
schroders
shell
ubs
virgin trains
william hill

Watch

Bringing cyber security to SMBs

At a glance

Areas of focus

Focus
CISO advisory & cyber strategy
Experience
20+ years in cyber security
Sectors
FS, retail, CNI, public sector
Speaking
Co-op Arena, Manchester 2026

Now

Current role

2023 - Present

Partner

CyPro Consulting - Cyber Security Consultants for High-Growth UK Businesses

cypro.co.uk

Career

Previous roles

  1. 2018 - 2023

    Group CISO

    Major UK Retailer (FTSE 100)

  2. 2014 - 2018

    Head of Cyber Defence

    Tier 1 Investment Bank

  3. 2010 - 2014

    Senior Security Architect

    UK Government Department

  4. 2005 - 2010

    Cyber Consultant

    Big 4 Consultancy

Background

Education

  1. 2007

    MSc, Information Security

    Royal Holloway, University of London

  2. 2003

    BSc (Hons), Computer Science

    University of Manchester

In the news & on stage

Press & media

Jonny Pelter on BBC News
Jonny Pelter speaking on stage
Jonny Pelter on BBC News
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