Matt Palmer
I'm Director of Jersey Cyber Security Centre and Guernsey Cyber Security Centre, leading national cyber resilience for two international financial centres.
I work at the intersection of finance, technology, and regulation — bringing governance discipline to cyber risk and technical depth to financial services. My interest is in how organisations make good decisions under uncertainty, and how risk and capital are allocated to produce outcomes that matter.
Previously Chief Information Security Officer at global financial institutions across insurance, private equity, capital markets and retail banking, including Willis Towers Watson. Trained at KPMG.
Non-executive experience includes Commissioner at the Jersey Financial Services Commission, and NED and audit and risk committee chair roles across fintech, capital markets, healthcare and housing.
Recognised in CSO Online's Top 30 CISOs, Security Leader of the Year, and a contributor to the World Economic Forum on cyber resilience. Featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, BBC and Sky News.
Recent work
Former Chief Information Security Officer roles in regulated industry.
Establishment of Jersey Cyber Security Centre.
Non-executive and advisory roles across cyber, audit and assurance.
Writing & media
I write at Palmer on Cyber and have contributed commentary and interviews to industry and mainstream publications including the Wall Street Journal, BBC News, Sky News, The Economist and Infosecurity Magazine. A selected list lives on the media & interviews page. The blog has run since 2014 and is intentionally archived in full.
Get in touch
The best route is the contact page. I read everything; replies depend on capacity.
All views on this site are personal and do not represent any current or former employer or client.