✦JAMES REES · FOUNDER · NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Thirty years in cyber.
Still looking forward.
James Rees began working in cybersecurity at 18. Today he brings 30 years of practical experience to his work and hosts Razorwire, a cybersecurity podcast with more than one million views.
JAMES REESFOUNDER · ADVISER · NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
✦THE STORY
Built in the work.
Proven in the market.
James began his cybersecurity career at 18. Three decades later, his experience spans security strategy, information risk, assurance, payment security, offensive security, business building and board-level leadership.
Over that time, he has helped hundreds of companies understand complex risk, make better decisions and protect the value they are creating.
For the last 20 years, James has run Razorthorn. That has meant building a security business, leading delivery and advising organisations through major technological change.
James is also the host of Razorwire, a cybersecurity podcast that has attracted more than one million views through direct, useful conversations with people across the industry.
Today he is the founder of Twin Ravens and Elerium, as well as a Non-Executive Director. His work connects technology, security, risk, reputation and growth.
CYBERSECURITY
RAZORTHORN
VIEWS
HELPED
✦CAREER BREADTH
A view shaped across
the whole landscape.
James combines technical depth with a clear understanding of the commercial decisions that leaders and boards need to make.
01
Cyber Strategy
Security direction grounded in material business risk, investment priorities and credible execution.
02
Risk & Assurance
Experience across information risk, governance, assurance and payment security.
03
Offensive Security
A practitioner’s understanding of how exposure is found, tested and translated into action.
04
Business Leadership
Twenty years running Razorthorn: building capability, leading teams and navigating technology markets.
R/W
RAZORWIRE
THE CUTTING EDGE OF CYBER SECURITY✦RAZORWIRE & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Expertise that
earns attention.
As host of Razorwire, James has built a cybersecurity podcast with more than one million views. Its success comes from direct, engaging and useful security conversations.
James knows how to turn subject expertise into thought leadership that people choose to watch, read and share. He helps leaders and security businesses develop the ideas, voice and formats that earn authority in their market.
✦THE NEXT CHAPTER
Independent thinking
on AI and technology.
James has a particular focus on artificial intelligence and the changes it is driving across cybersecurity, technology and business. His work includes AI governance, agentic AI security, autonomous-system risk and secure AI transformation.
He advises boards, challenges market strategy and helps leaders develop a credible public voice. His focus is on decisions that will still make sense as the market changes.
Explore board-level expertise✦HOW JAMES WORKS
Clear thinking.
Useful challenge.
01
Independent
Advice shaped by the problem, not a product quota or a fashionable answer.
02
Commercial
Security and content have to work in the real world and support the organisation’s goals.
03
Direct
Complexity is respected, but never used as a reason to avoid a clear recommendation.
04
Connected
Cyber, board, market, content and media experience brought together when the problem demands it.
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