Imran Bashir has an M.Sc. in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London, and has a background in software development, solution architecture, infrastructure management, and IT service management. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the British Computer Society (BCS). Imran has extensive experience in the public and financial sectors. He worked on large-scale IT projects in the public sector before moving to the financial services industry. Since then he has worked in various technical roles for different finance companies in Europe's financial capital, London.