Jessica is Vice Chair of the UK Cyber Security Council, and a strategist specialising in security and trust, governance, transparency, and the role of tech in civil society. She works with start-ups and scale-ups on growth and revenue strategy, and advises UK Government on technology and policy issues relating to security and online harms.   Previously Jessica led multi-million pound research and data programmes for companies including Dods, GlobalData and Ovum, and has advised senior executives in large established tech companies as well as many VC-backed scaleups. She is a sought-after commentator and speaker, and as an industry analyst has published extensive research and analysis on the application of emerging technologies across government, telecoms and other industries.   Jessica has an MA from the University of Cambridge and a Diploma in Computing from the Open University. She is Chair of the board at NCT, the UK's largest charity for parents.