Leadership
Chair and Co-Founder
Former Minister of State for Crime and Policing, and Deputy Mayor of London for Policing and Crime. One of the most experienced criminal justice policymakers in British public life.
He latterly served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and a member of the National Security Council, before serving as Secretary of State for Education. Before politics, he founded and built a finance business from the ground up.
Chief Executive and Co-Founder
Twenty-five years in policing and national security, including at the Prime Minister's Office and the Cabinet Office.
As founder of Crest Advisory he has worked with or for every police force in the UK, the Home Office, and Canadian, Australian and American partners.
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
A technologist and serial entrepreneur with more than 25 years bringing complex technology to market in high-stakes environments.
He co-founded Cyacomb, a digital forensics company whose tools enable law enforcement to find evidence of child abuse and terrorist activity on suspect devices in minutes rather than weeks. Cyacomb was recognised by the UK Government as offering game-changing technology, and named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.
He chairs the Online Safety Technology Industry Association and was awarded an MBE in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to online safety. He holds a first-class degree in Computer Science and Electronic Engineering from the University of Edinburgh and is a Chartered Engineer.
Advisory Board
Our work is guided by an Advisory Board chaired by Kit Malthouse, with Lord Evans of Weardale KCB, Neil Basu QPM and Mary Calam. Between them they have run Britain's intelligence, counter-terrorism and Home Office teams.
Governance and strategy
Decades of operational and policy experience, including as Director General at the Home Office. One of the UK's leading experts on governance and strategy, formerly a non-executive director at the National Crime Agency and chair of the Advisory Panel for Intelligence Assessment.
Risk and ethical governance
The UK's most senior intelligence official for six years as Director General of MI5, and later chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. He sits on several other boards and brings extensive governance experience across the security and intelligence sector, providing counsel on risk and governance for Lockhouse.
Operational insight
Former Assistant Commissioner at the Metropolitan Police and Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, where he led the UK's national counter-terrorism response. Operational credibility and direct insight into frontline intelligence needs at the most sensitive level of policing.
More than 100 years of operational experience, and clearances at classified levels.
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