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David was the co-founder and CEO of Avanti, a start-up company which pioneered the use of Ka band satcoms to deploy a fleet of four high throughput geostationary telecom satellites serving EMEA. The company counted the British Government as its largest customer, for very high resilience, high security communications services. David served as Founder Chairman of the Advisory Board of Seraphim Space Ventures, a $100m high technology venture capital firm based in London, a project which he initiated with UK Government support in 2014. Prior to this David was an investment banker, financing international telecoms businesses. David has a BA Hons Degree in Economics and Politics from the University of Leeds. David was granted the Queens Award for Export in 2015 and Quoted Company Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2006.


Founder Chairman and CEO

David Williams

David was the co-founder and CTO of Avanti Communications, a start-up company which pioneered the use of Ka band satcoms to deploy a fleet of four high throughput geostationary telecom satellites serving EMEA. The company was the first to fly a new generation of spacecraft payloads which provided massively increased flexibility and in-orbit reconfiguration capabilities. This was recognised by the Royal Aeronautical Society which awarded the Company a Silver Medal in 2011. David also led the deployment of a series of seven satellite ground stations and data centres across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. David’s early career was spent at the Marconi research laboratory and at VEGA Group plc where he worked on the commercialisation of Earth Observation satellite data. He has advised the European Space Agency on its telecommunications research strategy and sits on the Board of the Quantum Technology Industry Group. He earned a BSc Honours degree in Astrophysics from the University of Leicester.

CTO and Co-Founder

David Bestwick

Nick is a highly experienced CFO with significant US public company and M&A experience. After an LLB in Law at King’s College London, Nick trained as a Chartered Accountant with Moore Stephens and later moved to KPMG. After roles as Financial Controller in private and public enterprises in telecoms and tech industries, Nick became Finance Director and later VP Finance of King Digital, the operator of Candy Crush which listed on the NYSE and was bought two years later by Activision Blizzard for $5.9bn. After four years as Group CFO of Privitar, a VC funded data privacy company, Nick joined Arqit in 2021.

Nick Pointon

Paul has over 26 years of technology, defence, security and global government services experience. He served for 16 years with the British Army in a number of command and operational roles across numerous theatres from Europe and Canada, to the wider Middle East and Africa. He led the UK’s domestic counter-terrorism strategy and planning for the 2012 London Olympics.

Paul previously helped create a substantial multi-million dollar government services division at Avanti, securing new business with the most demanding parts of the government and defence community. He has global stakeholder management and sales experience, including four years in a senior management position in Cape Town, building a big data and predictive analytics fintech platform across Sub-Saharan Africa in collaboration with AWS, Google and Goldman Sachs as well as Tier 1 telcos and banks.

Paul has a Masters Degree in Economic and Political Geography from the University of Cambridge.


Chief Revenue Officer

Paul Feenan

Daniel worked for GCHQ, the UK’s intelligence, cyber and security agency for 20 years. He was the UK’s Head of Cryptographic Design and Quantum Information Processing, part of the initial National Technical Authority function assumed by the new National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). In this role he was responsible for briefing the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser in cryptomathematical matters. Daniel also served as Head of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research (HIMR), which is a linchpin of the government’s “Advanced Mathematics” strategy. Daniel represented GCHQ in helping to found and direct the National Quantum Technologies Programme. During his career, Daniel’s results and expertise have earned him multiple prizes, including an international award for best crypto-mathematician, and on three separate occasions an international award for the year’s best cryptanalytic achievement. Daniel designs weekly puzzles for a national newspaper.

Chief Cryptographer

Dr Daniel Shiu

Stephen has 30 years of experience in IT, including appointments as CTO, consultant, architect and product management of disruptive innovation.  He has conducted research for a PhD in post quantum cryptography applied to blockchain at the University of Surrey. Stephen has a wide range of experience in commercialising disruptive technologies and has worked at IBM laboratories, Hewlett Packard and was co-founder and CTO of Virtusa Xlabs.  Stephen holds an MBA, specialising in marketing innovative products and services.  He is also a certified enterprise architect and has worked during his career in all aspects of computer systems R&D, product management and support.  Stephen has a passion for building secure systems and protecting privacy, and writes extensively about security, privacy and quantum technologies.  He represents the UK as a subject matter expert on ISO tc307 blockchain and DLT systems.

Chief Product Officer

Stephen Holmes

David joined Arqit from McAfee where, as Director of Engineering and Site Leader at McAfee’s Brighton development centre, he led the software engineering teams responsible for the McAfee enterprise encryption product set. With over 12 years of experience leading multi-site engineering teams to build mission-critical enterprise encryption and key management systems in both on-prem and cloud environments, David's focus on driving innovation and quality across the organisation ensured that the McAfee encryption product set was named Leader in the Gartner MQ for Mobile Data Protection for seven successive years until the quadrant was retired, and counted a large proportion of the Fortune 500 and Global 2000 amongst its customer base.  Prior to joining McAfee, David spent 13 years as a senior C++ engineer at Envitia leading the development of high-performance 2D/3D mapping and spatial analysis systems.  David holds a BEng(Hons) in Electronic Engineering from Southampton University, and his first role was designing animation software in C for TV character generators used on Top of the Pops, Sky Sports and BBC Cricket amongst others in the mid-‘90s.


Chief Software Engineer

David Webb

Taher is an internationally respected information security leader and cryptographer. He is recognized in the industry as the "father" of SSL and received the 2019 Marconi Prize. He was also the recipient of the lifetime achievement award from the RSA conference in 2009. He has successfully served as CISO, Chief Scientist, CTO, as well as founder and CEO of numerous key organisations. Dr. Elgamal invented several industry and government standards in data security and digital signatures for areas including the DSS government standard for digital signatures.


Consultant

Dr Taher Elgamal

Rocky spent 34 years in the RAF. Wide operational experience (Gulf W1; Extensive and successive operational tours Iraq/Afghanistan at all command levels (including Petraeus’ Surge); Kosovo; Libya Campaign as Tornado Force Cdr and CO Marham. When not on Ops Peter has developed an extensive background in Acquisition and Government Strategic Programme Delivery, including an early acquisition tour followed by a Strategic Programme and Plans role in MOD; Chief of Staff for DG FMC; and programme director for Carrier Enabled Power Projection. Rocky completed his Chief of Staff Capability, Acquisition and Force Development role in Apr 2020. He was mandated to deliver the Air Force programme of record, delivering a £40 billion sub-portfolio. Programmes included the delivery of the F35 programme and acquisition of P8 and E7, amongst many others. Rocky was instrumental in delivery of Project Tempest and the Combat Air Strategy (50:50 match funded by Industry); developed the RAF and the UK-only Rapid Capability Office and its Air Information Experimentation Lab. He has led the 5 Eyes (plus 2) Capabilities and Architecture Working Group for the last three years and was instrumental in Space Coalition development and creation of Op Olympic Defender justification. He has a reputation for constructive disruption and delivery. Rocky has an MA in Defence Studies. His awards include the DFC (Kosovo); OBE Cmd 617 Sqn including Iraq surge; CB for services to Acquisition. Rocky is a Fellow of the UK endorsed Innovation Knowledge Exchange (FIKE).

Chief Operating Officer

Air Vice-Marshal Peter “Rocky” Rochelle CB OBE DFC MA RAF FIKE

Tracy has been a senior Investment Banker for over two decades. He has spent his career providing advice and/or raising equity and debt capital for clients in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. He has raised over $100 billion in capital for clients in over 200 transactions. He was instrumental in originating and executing many of the transformative transactions in the satellite services industry and leading the development of the Leverage Finance market for software debt issuers. Most recently, Tracy was Head of Software Leverage Finance at Deutsche Bank Securities. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Tracy worked for notable Investment Banks such as Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Tracy holds a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University in New York and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Amherst College.  


Chief Financial Strategy Officer

Tracy Mehr

General Stephen W. Wilson is a retired 4-star U.S. Air Force General with over 39 years of military service. General Wilson has extensive operational experience including commanding the largest Wing in the Middle East and commanding and reinvigorating America's nuclear Bombers and Missile forces in Global Strike Command before assuming his duties as the 39th Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force. As the Vice Chief, he managed the organising, training and equipping of over 685,000 active duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen, helping direct strategy, policy, acquisition, technology, personnel and risk management. He helped manage the planning, programming, budgeting and execution of the Air Force's $205B annual budget. General Wilson also served on the Joint Requirements Oversight Council setting the acquisition requirements for the Department of Defense. General Wilson was widely acknowledged as the driving force for embracing both innovative technology and new thinking to include the start-up of AFWERX, a U.S. Air Force program which expands technology, talent and transition partnerships for rapid and affordable commercial and military capabilities. In 2020, AFWERX was named as one of the Top 20 Best workplaces for innovators in the world. General Wilson was also the catalyst behind the U.S. Air Force/M.I.T. AI Accelerator partnership to advance and improve Air Force operations while also addressing broader societal needs. General Wilson's many awards and decorations include three Defense Service Medals, the Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, two Bronze Stars and two Air Medals.  General Wilson is a command pilot with over 4,500 flight hours that includes nearly 700 combat hours. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. He holds two Masters degrees - one in Engineering Management from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and one in Strategic Studies from Air University.


Director, Arqit Inc.

General Stephen “Seve” Wilson

Lt. Gen. Jamieson is experienced in data management, cloud technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning with over 37 years of government experience. She achieved the rank of Lieutenant General in the U.S. Air Force and prior to retiring, served as the Director of the United States Air Force’s Intelligence Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects enterprise, conducting operations for the Department of Defence. Prior to assuming her position as Deputy Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Jamieson served as the Deputy Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for ISR, U.S. Strategic Command, Washington, D.C. She earned a B.S. in Business Administration from West Virginia University, and masters degrees in Strategic Studies and Aviation Management from the National Defence University and Embry Riddle University, respectively. Lt. Gen. Jamieson has served as a director of Digital Realty Inc since 2020.


Lt General VeraLinn “Dash” Jamieson


Brig Gen (Ret) David “Kumo” Kumashiro is General Manager for Arqit in the United States. Kumo is a veteran of the US Air Force for almost 30 years, where he most recently was Director for Research and Analysis at the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, leading the Department of Defense (DoD) line of effort focused on the application of AI and associated technologies to National Security missions. Prior to that, his last position on active duty was as a Brigadier General leading the Cross Function Team for Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2). At Arqit, Kumo is spearheading the expansion of Arqit’s presence in the US, including the subsidiary established to secure Special Security Agreement accreditation through the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency to work with DoD and other US departments and agencies.


General Manager US

David “Kumo” Kumashiro

Barry has over 44 years’ experience of computing since winning the IBM prize aged 13. He  specialises in high performance computing, grid computing, cloud, data fabrics, virtualisation and distributed ledger technology. Prior to joining Arqit in 2018, Barry served as Head of Innovation/Chief Technical Architect at HSBC, Head of HPC Barclays Capital; Head of HPC The Royal Bank of Scotland; CTO VMware; and Head of IT at Westpac, TD Securities and Nordea Bank. Barry is noted as a creator of commercial products such as R3 Corda, We.Trade, VMware. Barry has authored/co-authored books on HPC, Grid & Distributed Computing. Barry has a Computer Science Phd.

Director, Innovation

Dr Barry Childe

Patrick is an English solicitor and a qualified Irish barrister. Patrick was General Counsel and Company Secretary of Avanti Communications for ten years, with responsibility for all group company legal matters in Europe, Asia and Africa. Whilst at Avanti, he managed the raising of equity and debt to fund the construction, launch and operation of four satellites; negotiated contracts with major telcos and governments; successfully maintained responsibility for all disputes and litigation; and managed the group’s intellectual property portfolio. Prior to this, Patrick was a senior attorney at HP/EDS; a banking and financing solicitor at Eversheds Sutherland; and was an investment banker at a number of international banks. Immediately prior to joining Arqit, Patrick ran a successful legal consultancy. Patrick has an LLB Hons Degree in Law from Trinity College Dublin and has a Barrister-at-Law degree from the Honorable Society of King’s Inns in Dublin. Patrick also has a Masters in Business Studies (Strategic Planning) and a Diploma in Business Studies (both from UCD Business School).


General Counsel

Patrick Willcocks

Richard served as Head of Operations in Downing Street for Prime Minister Theresa May throughout her premiership. In this role Richard accompanied the Prime Minister on almost all  her events and visits and acted as ‘Chief Protocol’ on foreign trips. He also led on E&V preparations for the Donald Trump State Visit and the D-Day 75 National Commemorative Events.

Prior to Downing Street, Richard worked at Avanti Communications as Director of Government Affairs. He was Head of Operations at the Conservative Party in the run up to and during the 2015 General Election where the Conservatives won an outright majority after gaining 24 seats. He has also held roles as an Events Assistant for the Conservative Party and ran the office of a newly elected Conservative MP following the 2010 General election. Richard has a BA Hons degree in British Politics and Legislative Studies from the University of Hull. He was made an MBE for political service in 2016 and a CBE for political and public service in 2019.


Chief of Staff

Richard Jackson CBE

Ben has more than 30 years of experience in space engineering and photonic systems in particular. He served as CEO of Thales Alenia Space (TAS) UK for five years, building a business of approximately 200 staff producing spacecraft and ground equipment. TAS UK built on the acquisition by TAS of SEA’s space division, which Ben co-founded. Prior to that, Ben specialised in space and defence technical and programme leadership, with a significant expertise in optical systems dating back to his role as the Design Authority for the Photon Detector Assemblies on the Hubble Space Telescope. In 2020 Ben was appointed a Council member for the STFC, which designs, builds and operates the UK’s large science facilities and provides the UK’s contributions to international facilities such as CERN. Ben is a non-exec for two deep-tech start-ups and an expert advisor to the UK Space Agency.

Managing Director, Operations

Ben Olivier

Daryl worked for GCHQ, the UK’s intelligence, cyber and security agency for 34 years, most recently as the Chief of Research and Innovation and the Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor for National Security. As an expert in cryptography and cyber security, Daryl specialised in cryptologic research, analysis and design, including applications and engineering for very large-scale infrastructure. In recent years, he was responsible for steering GCHQ’s extensive programme of research and innovation. Daryl retired from Government service in 2019 and is now pursuing his second career in the private sector, advising a range of clients on security protocols and their implementation.


Consultant and Co-Inventor

Daryl Burns

Julie has over 20 years of experience in building influential brands across multiple audiences through integrated marketing and communications campaigns, within both agencies and multinational companies in the U.K., Europe, APAC and Australasia.  Julie joined Arqit from NTT where she was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications, responsible for messaging and content, external communications, internal communications, experiential, and analyst relations.  Prior to NTT, Julie spent 10 years working in marketing and communications roles for Telstra across its international, enterprise and government and wholesale business units, both in Australia and the U.K.  After graduating from Nottingham Trent University with a BA (Hons) in Communication Studies, Julie trained in the communications industry working for McCann-Erickson, followed by Ogilvy PR managing accounts including Microsoft and Vodafone.  Julie is a passionate advocate of diversity, inclusion, and sustainability.

Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications

Julie Moon

Senior Leadership

Sir Iain was Director of the British Security and Intelligence agency GCHQ from mid-2008 to late 2014, having previously served as Director-General of Operations from 2004. His tenure represented more than ten years of operational delivery in counter-terrorism, cyber-security, support to Defence, and the prevention and detection of serious crime. He set a new direction in Cyber Security for innovative partnerships internationally, with the private sector and with academia. Sir Iain now focuses on the advocacy and demystification of cybersecurity, providing strategic advice and personal perspective, nationally and internationally, to governments and businesses. He is also active in entrepreneurship.

Advisory Board

Sir Iain Lobban

Alison is an experienced IT Industry thought leader with recent roles including Group Chief Information Security Officer at HSBC and Chief Technology Officer at Cisco. Prior to those positions she held technical leadership roles in NDS, Micro Focus and IBM. She has experience in cybersecurity, research and development, strategy execution, product management and business development, with particular expertise in digital strategy, innovation, and mergers and acquisitions. Alison is a Non-Executive Director for BytesTechnology Group Plc, SEI Investments (Europe) Ltd, Synectics Plc and Connected Places Catapult. She is a Lay Member of Council at Southampton University and is a Technical Adviser to Telesoft Technologies Ltd, Cybertonica Ltd and UMotif Ltd. Alison has a PhD in Cryptography & Combinatorics from London University and a 1st Class Honours BSc in Maths and Computer Science. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Fellow of the Institution of Technology and Engineering.

Dr Alison Vincent

Toby Redshaw is CEO of Verus Advisory focused on innovation/tech transformation. Prior (2016-2021) he was at Verizon where he started by leading tech strategy and recently as SVP of Verizon’s Enterprise Innovation and 5G Solutions. Toby previously held Global CIO positions at American Express and Aviva PLC, HQ in London. His responsibilities included risk, NPI, and eCommerce. He was named to Top CTO 25 – Most Influential IT leaders by InfoWorld and Top 50 Global CIOs by InformationWeek. He is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Competitiveness, on the advisory board of the Digital Cities and Global Projects Center at Stanford and the IT Advisory Council for DELL. He is currently an advisor to leading startups in big data, neuroplasticity, the 2041 Foundation and a consultancy focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Toby Redshaw

Katherine is the Chair of the Global Network for Sustainability in Space and former CEO of the UK Space Agency with over 20 years’ experience in innovation, critical national infrastructure and economic growth. During her tenure, she opened the UK market to commercial satellite launch, led €1.4bn investment in collaborative European space missions, and supported Major Tim Peake's highly successful Principia Mission to the International Space Station - inspiring a future generation of scientists and engineers. Katherine’s early career was spent developing new products and services in the global telecoms industry as a senior executive with both major multinationals and a series of start-up companies. She moved to the public sector in 2003 to lead the UK government’s National Identity Scheme Programme and then went on to lead a number of other flagship programmes including the development of Universal Credit, Growth Vouchers, Business Growth Service and UK Small Business Commissioner - steering four cross-cutting pieces of legislation through Parliament. The theme running throughout her career has been creating growth and efficiencies through technological innovation. She holds a Master of Business Administration from London Business School. 

Katherine Courtney

Before co-founding Arqit, Geoffrey spent a 43-year career at GCHQ, in the last 22 years as a Main Board Director. Dr Taylor was made a Companion of The Order of the Bath in 2006 for contribution to national security and economic well-being of the UK and in 2016 was awarded the US National Security Agency Director's Medal for outstanding contribution to UK-US Special Relationship. After reading Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, Geoffrey took a PhD in Quantum Molecular Dynamics at Leicester University 

Advisor and Co-Founder

Dr Geoffrey Taylor CB

Andrew has led information security engineering, architecture and strategy in financial services for 18 years. Andrew was on the management board of the Jericho Forum, an international information security thought-leadership group solving the security issues of a collaborative deperimeterised world. Prior to this, Andrew led IBM’s European technical sales for internet security. He is co-author of “Java Network Security”, the first book to cover secure multi-tier Java applications. He has worked with UNIX and Open-Source software since 1985, and managed and ran IBM’s Scientific and Technical Computing group’s UNIX network.

Andrew Yeomans

Advisors

Stephen is an entrepreneur, investor and company builder, with 20 years’ experience in forming, funding, running, advising and investing in technology businesses. He is currently Co-founder and Managing Partner at Notion Capital, a venture capital firm focused on Cloud Computing and Software-as-a-Service, and a board director of several high-potential tech companies. Stephen was previously President and CFO at MessageLabs, the global leader in SaaS messaging security acquired by Symantec in 2008 for $700m, and a Director at UBS Investment Bank following an early career as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte.  Stephen has a BA Hons degree in Economics from the University of Exeter and was nominated “Investor of the Year” at the 2020 Investor AllStars awards.

Board Director

Stephen Chandler

Manfredi is Chairman of Heritage Group a diversified conglomerate that invests in tourism and other industries. 
Heritage Group is active in the travel industry, in real estate and financial investments, and in February 2019 it acquired the majority of the luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent.
Silversea was founded by the Lefebvre family in the early ‘90s as a pioneering cruise line offering a personal style of ultra-luxury travel, unrivalled in the world.  In June 2018, two thirds of Silversea, now one of the leading companies in the world of ultra-luxury cruises was sold to Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited for an amount in excess of $1 billion in equity value. The remaining one-third stake was transferred to Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited in July 2020. Manfredi held the position of Executive Chairman of Silversea Cruises Group from 2001 to 2020.
Manfredi was honoured with the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre de Saint Charles & Grimaldi by H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco in 2007 and was appointed Honorary Consul of the Republic of Ecuador in Monaco in April 2019. 


Vice Chairman and Senior Independent Director

Manfredi Lefebvre

Garth has over 25 years of experience in financial markets across the globe. He joined Centricus in June 2020 and leads the firm's Capital Markets and Advisory business. Previously, he was President of Deutsche Bank and Head of the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB).
Garth joined Deutsche Bank in 1996 as an associate in the bank’s Johannesburg office and went on to hold senior management positions across the investment bank. He became a member of the Global Markets Executive Committee in 2009 as Head of Equities and held a range of leadership positions across the division. In January 2016, he was appointed to the Management Board with responsibility for the bank’s Markets division. In 2017, he became Co-Head of the newly created CIB. One year later he became its sole Head and was appointed as President.
Garth holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa.


Garth Ritchie 

Carlo is Chairman of CMC Capital Limited, an investment banking boutique specialising in Mergers and acquisitions. Co-Sponsor of Centricus Acquisition Corporation, the Nasdaq -listed SPAC that combined with Arqit Quantum. Prior to founding CMC Capital, Carlo served as Head of Banking for Barclays Europe and was responsible for the investment banking activities of the firm in Continental Europe and CEEMENA.  Prior to Barclays, he joined Merrill Lynch in 2006 as Vice Chairman of its Global Corporate and Investment Banking practice and remained in the post following the Bank of America takeover in 2008. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Carlo served as Head of International M&A at Credit Suisse. Carlo commenced his career at Morgan Grenfell & Co Limited.
Carlo has a MA in Economics and Business from La Sapienza University in Rome.

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### Arqit Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last changed on [April 1st 2021].

1	Who we are

Arqit Limited (Company number 10544841] with registered office address  3 More London Riverside, London, SE1 2RE.
Arqit Limited]) and its group companies value the trust you place in us and the protection of your privacy rights in respect of any personal data we process about you.

References in this Privacy Policy to we, us and our are references to the relevant Arqit entity responsible for the processing of your personal data, which is generally the entity that obtains your personal data
This Privacy Policy sets out how we, as data controller, collect and use your personal data, why we use it, when we share it, the rights to which you may be entitled and your choices about our use of your personal data.
This Privacy Policy covers our use of your personal data when you use our website and when you get in touch with us including via our website contact form, by email or by phone.

If you have any questions or need any further clarity please get in touch. Our contact details are as follows [e.g. general privacy email address - TBC, 3 More London Riverside, London, SE1 2RE and phone number]

2	Your information

We will collect and use your personal data when you use this website or contact us.  This is set out in more detail below.
The information collected includes information collected from independent individuals and individuals representing an organisation unless otherwise stated. 

What personal data we collect	How we use your personal data
Information when you communicate with us whether through our website (including the contact us form), by email or by phone including:
•	Your contact details (such as full name, email address, address and phone number);
•	The details of your communications with us; and
•	The details of our messages to you.
If you are an individual representing an organisation we will collect the information set out above and may also collect:
•	Job role and title; and
•	Details of the organisation you represent (such as your employer).	We use this personal data in order to:
•	Respond to requests for information about our products and services; 
•	Answer any questions, issues or concerns;
•	Monitor communications for quality and training purposes;
•	Develop new products and services; and 
•	Improve our products and services.
If you are an individual representing an organisation we will use your personal data for the purposes set out above and will also use your personal data in order to: 
•	Administer the business relationship and agreement between us and the organisation you represent.
Personal data that we collect through your use of our website including:
•	Device information such as operating system, unique device identifiers, the mobile network system;
•	Hardware and browser settings;
•	Page requests;
•	The requests you make;
•	The pages you visit and search engine terms you use; and
•	IP address.
For further information on our use of cookies and similar technologies see our Cookie Policy.	We use this personal data in order to:
•	Operate our website;
•	Tailor our communications to you and improve our website, products and services;
•	Provide and adapt our website to the technical capabilities of user devices;
•	Personalise our website;
•	Identify issues with the website and the user's experience of it; and
•	Monitor and analyse the way our website is used.
Personal data that we collect incidentally from other sources or public sources, including:
•	Information available in the media; and
•	Information collected by security systems.	We use this personal data in order to:
•	Maintain market awareness and conduct market research; and
•	Provide security to our website.

3	Why we use personal data

We rely on the following lawful bases under data protection law for our use of your personal data:
•	Consent: you have given your consent to the processing;
•	Performance of a contract: it is necessary for the performance of and compliance with your contract with us or in order to take steps prior to entering into that contract;
•	Legal or Regulatory Obligation: we need to process your information in order to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation; or
•	Legitimate Interests: it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party).

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

4	When do we have "legitimate interests"?

We use your personal data where this is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party).  This includes where use of your personal data is necessary to:
•	Ensure effective administration and management of our website;
•	Administer our operations and business in an efficient and effective way; 
•	Understand how individuals use our website;
•	Understand and respond to queries, complaints and feedback;
•	Research and analyse the products and services our customers want;
•	Improve and develop our products and services; 
•	Maintain a public profile; 
•	Transfer personal data in relation to an actual or proposed sale, transfer or re-organisation of all or part of our business and the acquisition of the business; 
•	Ensure network and information security; and 
•	Enforce our legal rights and manage any dispute and legal claims and take legal or other professional advice.

5	How long we retain your personal data

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal or reporting requirements.

It will depend on factors such as whether the nature and content of your messages to us reasonably require us to continue storing your details.  

6	Legal requirements

Your personal data may be processed if it is necessary on reasonable request by a law enforcement or regulatory authority, body or agency or in the defence of a legal claim.  We will not delete personal data if relevant to an investigation or a dispute.  It will continue to be stored until those issues are fully resolved.

7	Information we share

Your personal data will be processed by our employees and contractors. There are also certain circumstances where we will transfer your personal data to third parties. These include:
•	Group companies - so we can provide the best service across our group.  For example, we may conclude that a particular group entity is best placed to handle your query and will forward your communication to the relevant group entity best placed to assist.
•	Contractors or service providers – Third parties may process your personal data on our instructions. These include IT suppliers, cloud hosting providers, professional advisors marketing agencies, database providers, backup and disaster recovery specialists and email providers.

Our suppliers and service providers will be required to meet appropriate standards on processing information and security when processing your personal data.  The information we provide them, including your information, will only be processed in connection with the performance of their function. They will not be permitted to use your information for any purposes other than those outlined in this Privacy Policy.

Your personal data may be transferred to other third party organisations in certain scenarios, such as:
•	If we're discussing selling or transferring part or all of our business – the information may be transferred to prospective purchasers under suitable terms as to confidentiality;
•	If we are reorganised or sold, information may be transferred to a buyer who can continue to provide services to you;
•	If we're required to by law, or under any regulatory code or practice we follow, or if we are asked by any public or regulatory authority – for example the Police; or
•	If we are defending a legal claim your information may be transferred as required in connection with defending such claim.

Your personal data may be shared if it is made anonymous and aggregated, as in such circumstances the information will cease to be personal data.
8	Where your information will be held

We may transfer the personal data we collect about you to locations outside of the European Economic Area and UK including to our group companies and service providers.  This will mean that your personal is transferred outside the European Economic Area or the UK.  

In order to ensure that your personal data receives an adequate level of protection we have, where required by law, ensured appropriate safeguards are in place to ensure that your personal data is treated in a way that is consistent with and which respects the EU and UK laws on data protection. For further information regarding the appropriate safeguards in place please contact us in writing using the details set out above.

9	Your rights

You have a number of rights in relation to our handling of your personal data. These rights are not applicable in all circumstances and exemptions may apply. Your rights may include the following:

•	Access: you are entitled to ask us if we are processing your information and, if we are, you can request access to your personal data (commonly known as a data subject access request).  This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.  
•	Correction: you are entitled to request that any incomplete or inaccurate personal data we hold about you is corrected.
•	Erasure: you are entitled to ask us to delete or remove personal data in certain circumstances.  There are also certain exceptions where we may refuse a request for erasure, for example, where the personal data is required for compliance with law or in connection with claims.  
•	Restriction: you are entitled to ask us to suspend the processing of certain of your personal data about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy.
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A revolution in secure identity management

When is quantum attack relevant?

In the news

September 27, 2021

The Times - Satellite entrepreneurs plan astronomical growth

September 7 2021

CNBC - Arqit CEO on going public via SPAC merger and outlook for company

August 25, 2021

Barron's - This quantum encryption stock could be a hot bet

July 23, 2021

Yahoo! Finance - Arqit CEO on combating ransomware attacks, launching encryption satellites

July 16 2021

The Financial Times - The company space race is a great story

July 11 2021

The Sunday Times - Security in satellites

June 24, 2021

Nikkei - Why Sumitomo invests in a mysterious quantum crypto satellite venture

David Williams, Chairman and CEO talks to Sky news' Ian King.

 June 23, 2021

Sky News - Ian King Show

The United States and five other countries are banding together with the United Kingdom to develop a satellite-based quantum technology encryption network. The Federated Quantum System (FQS) will be based on the one British startup Arqit is developing.  

June 11, 2021

SpaceNews - Governments ally for federated quantum encryption satellite network

In the U.K., a company called Arqit is quietly preparing businesses for cyberattacks in the age of quantum computing.

*Image: David Goddard/Getty Images*

June 7, 2021

CNBC - With cyberattacks on the rise, organizations are already bracing for devastating quantum hacks

British start-up Arqit plans to use satellites to build networks with keys that even computers thinking in qubits can’t crack.

June 1, 2021

The Daily Telegraph - How to stop hackers making the quantum leap 

A British encryption specialist offering companies next-generation technology to avoid cyber-attacks is to list in New York after striking a $1.4 billion blank-cheque deal.

May 13, 21

The Times - Cyber-specialist takes a quantum leap

May 20, 2021

Nikkei - Sumitomo Corporation and Arqit Conclude Partnership on Quantum Cryptography Technology Distributor Rights in Japan

Press releases

January 18, 2022

Arqit partners with AUCloud to deploy Australia’s first sovereign quantum encryption service

January 10, 2022

Arqit to lead UK-AU Space Bridge Project

December 23, 2021

Virgin Orbit licenses QuantumCloud™ from Arqit

December 16 2021

Arqit Quantum Inc. announces financial and operational results for the fiscal year ended 30 September 2021

December 8 2021

Arqit and NEOM enter into agreement to build and trial Cognitive City quantum security system

December 6 2021

Arqit Sets Fiscal Year-End 2021 Conference Call for Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 10:30 ET

October 21 2021

Arqit and autonomous systems provider Blue Bear sign collaboration agreement

October 20 2021

Arqit boosts top team with senior USAF veteran

October 4 2021

Arqit Founders Voluntarily Extend Lock-Up

September 15 2021

Arqit and Juniper Networks Sign Technology Alliance Partner Connect Agreement

September 3 2021

Arqit and Centricus Announce Closing of Business Combination

August 24 2021

Arqit and Babcock sign collaboration agreement for government and defence market

August 11 2021

Arqit Business Update, and Investor and Analyst Day

2 August 2021

Arqit registration statement related to business combination with Centricus Acquisition Corp. declared effective by SEC

Arqit releases QuantumCloud™

27 July 2021

Arqit and Dentons launch secure identity product

Arqit announces product to protect digital assets from quantum attack

23 July 2021

University of Surrey research  reveals quantum threat to  Digital Assets

July 19 2021

Equity Research Initiation on Arqit

International partners and Government agencies join Arqit’s Federated Quantum System 

May 31 2021

Arqit and Northrop Grumman in the UK sign quantum encryption collaboration agreement

Arqit and Sumitomo to make Japan Quantum Safe

May 16, 2021

Arqit announces BT contract and plan to create 2000 jobs

May 12, 2021

CENTRICUS ACQUISITION CORP. TO COMBINE WITH ARQIT LIMITED, A LEADER IN QUANTUM ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGY 