Hugh Davies was born in Pembrokeshire but now lives in Derbyshire. His had a career specialising mainly in IT and computing. He was the Winner of British Computer Society Innovation award for his invention of the Passfaces authentication system. He is now retired and spends his days working as guide at Bletchley Park which he started 12 years ago. In his spare time, he gives talks nationwide to a wide range of audiences speaking on WW2 Intelligence topics.