Summary
Graeme Wilford is a seasoned IT leader with 13+ years of experience directing enterprise infrastructure, security, data management and service resilience across higher education and insurance sectors. He has led IT operations and continuity programs at the University of Surrey and Allianz, and more recently focused on strengthening security posture and delivering GDPR-compliant data management practices after becoming a certified GDPR practitioner in 2018. Comfortable balancing strategic leadership with hands-on technical oversight, he has shepherded incident-resilient services, ITIL-driven delivery and risk management frameworks. His background in computational physics (PhD) and early systems administration gives him a practical, analytical approach to complex information flows and continuity planning. Now retired and freelancing from Greater Guildford, he brings deep institutional knowledge useful for audits, advisory work or short-term continuity and security engagements.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computational Physics, PhD, Computational Physics at University of Surrey
BSc, Applied Physics and Electronics, 1st Class, BSc, Applied Physics and Electronics, 1st Class at Royal Holloway, U. of London