Alan Calder founded IT Governance Ltd in 2002 and began working full-time for the company in 2007. He is now Group CEO of GRC International Group PLC that owns IT Governance Ltd. Before this, Alan had a number of roles including CEO of Business Link London City Partners (a government agency focused on helping growing businesses to develop) from 1995 to 1998, CEO of Focus Central London (a training and enterprise council) from 1998 to 2001, and CEO of Wide Learning (a supplier of elearning) from 2001 to 2003 and the Outsourced Training Company (2005). He was also chairman of CEME (a public-private sector skills partnership) from 2006 to 2011.Alan is an acknowledged international cyber security guru and a leading author on information security and IT governance issues. He has been involved in the development of a wide range of information security management training courses that have been accredited by IBITGQ (International Board for IT Governance Qualifications). Alan has consulted for clients in the UK and abroad, and is a regular media commentator and speaker.
