Nicholas Cooper is a Chartered IT Security Professional with over 12 years’ experience in cyber and information security across public and private sectors. He has held senior roles at CISO and CIO level and has served as a trusted advisor to executive teams and boards. He specialises in information and cyber security and has strong knowledge in IT programme delivery and regulatory compliance. He joined Local Space out of a strong belief in its mission to tackle the housing crisis. In addition to his industry work, Nicholas is also a non-executive director at Adversio Group, conference speaker, academic lecturer, and mentor in the cybersecurity community. He holds an MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London, and is a member of both the British Computer Society and the Chartered Institute for Information Security.