
Simon Hodgkinson is a Strategic Advisor at cybersecurity firm Semperis, and a former Chief Information Security Officer at multinational energy company BP. In his 18 year tenure at BP, Simon held several senior IT leadership roles and was responsible for the company’s cybersecurity strategy, governance, architecture, education, counter threat operations, and incident response.
During this time, he drove a significant improvement in IT operational integrity, led a transformation program and spearheaded the commitment to improve employees’ IT experience. He led the CISO function in BP Supply & Trading, where he delivered a program to improve cyber-controls, many of which have been implemented across ...









