Our comprehensive approach to cyber security was borne out of the extraordinary experience and expertise of our senior management team and staff.
With backgrounds in bank security, law, HR and training, partnerships and affiliations, Mitigo offers a well considered and effective approach to keeping businesses completely secure from any digital attacks.
LINDSAY HILL
Chairman
Lindsay is a solicitor and experienced business leader who was previously CEO of Mitigo. As Chairman, he provides strategic guidance and governance oversight, supporting the executive team and helping to drive the company’s continued growth.
He has spent 30 years as a specialist in legal & regulatory compliance and business risk management, including legal obligations for cyber and data security. Also business confidentiality and intellectual property.
Lindsay is an expert in creating and delivering outsourced technical compliance service packages to UK businesses, which have become the industry benchmark. They include technology, people and processes. They combine the use of advanced technology with real “hands on” service delivery. This has been recognised by winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation.
Lindsay was for 12 years CEO of, and built, Citation plc into the UK’s leading provider of health & safety and employment law services to business. Before that he was for 12 years a partner in City of London law firm, Fox Williams, where he was Head of Commercial & Financial Services Dispute Resolution. He is highly experienced in handling a wide range of complex commercial and regulatory matters for City institutions. This included advising the UK financial services regulator in enforcement actions. It frequently involved cases of financial fraud. If you have a regulatory problem, you want him on your side.
Lindsay has for 20 years worked in partnership with the country’s leading professional and trade bodies, to develop specific technical support packages to meet the needs of their members.
He has advised the Government Cabinet Office on the impact of regulation on business. For many years he sat on the City of London Law Society Litigation Committee. Lindsay has also held a variety of executive and advisory roles in a range of industry sectors.
PETER REDGATE
Chief Executive Officer
Peter is a CIMA-qualified commercial leader and CEO at Mitigo, with extensive experience across SaaS, B2B and retail organisations. He specialises in driving strategic growth, go-to-market transformation and building scalable revenue models.
Most recently at Radius Telematics, Peter led international commercial transformation, accelerating SaaS growth and aligning product development to market opportunity. Prior to this, he spent nearly a decade at AO World in senior leadership roles, leading business transformation and developing new revenue streams.
KERRIE MACHIN
Director of Business Development
Kerrie believes that the challenges of cyber security, business resilience and legal & regulatory compliance, needn’t keep business leaders awake at night. It’s just a matter of matching the right solution to the problem.
He has spent the last two decades helping businesses identify their exposure to risk, and his keen eye for detail has enabled him to deliver robust packaged solutions that provide real protection – allowing them get on with doing what they do best.
SALLY ANNE GRIFFITHS
Director
Sally Anne qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and practised at Clifford Chance and elsewhere in the City of London. Additionally, she is qualified in marketing and accountancy, which gives her an unusually wide breadth of experience.
Following private practice, her career has included senior roles in a variety of sectors including marketing for solicitors and financial roles in professional services.
KARL MCAREE
Head of Technical Development
Karl is a seasoned cyber security professional with over a decade of experience specialising in technical development, service delivery, and client success. He spent six years at Checkmarx, where as Director of Strategic Customer Success he demonstrated strong leadership and expertise in managing enterprise-level client relationships.
Before that, Karl spent six years at NCC Group, where he concentrated on streamlining workflows and creating new service offerings. He drives innovation and delivers practical solutions that provide efficient security for clients.
TRISTAN HODGSON
Director of Cyber Risk Services
With over two decades in the IT security industry, Tristan is an experienced cyber security leader with a strong background in cyber assurance and solution design. Prior to joining Mitigo, Tristan spent time at both NCC Group and Fujitsu across a variety of cyber disciplines, which has shaped his appreciation of what strong cyber assurance looks like across varying sectors and organisation sizes. He joined Mitigo in 2020, first as a Cyber Consultant, then as Head of Service Delivery before taking up the position of Director of Cyber Risk Services in 2026.
Tristan believes that while the challenges faced by organisations in the cyber space may be similar, the solutions are often unique to each business. As such, in his role as Director of Cyber Risk Services he works to ensure that the services delivered by Mitigo enable our clients to effectively manage their cyber risk and gain the assurances they seek.
HEATHER MERRIMAN-KING
Head of Finance
Heather is a CIMA-qualified Chartered Management Accountant with a strong track record of financial leadership in the cyber security sector and across high-growth SMEs. She has extensive experience in financial reporting, audit, and compliance, and has played a pivotal role in acquisition integration, system transformation, and complex business restructuring initiatives.
She has built high-performing finance teams and brings commercial insight to help drive operational improvements and sustainable business growth.
ANDREW BARCILON
Head of Service Delivery
Andrew is an experienced cyber security professional with a strong background in cyber assurance, technical security and client advisory services. Prior to joining Mitigo, Andrew worked at both NCC Group and CCL Group, developing experience across cyber security services, technology and client engagement. He joined Mitigo in 2020 as a Cyber Security Consultant, working closely with organisations across a wide range of sectors to understand and manage their cyber risks, before progressing to Senior Cyber Security Consultant and subsequently Head of Service Delivery.
Andrew believes that effective cyber security requires more than identifying technical weaknesses; organisations need to understand what their risks mean in practice and have a clear, achievable route to reducing them. As Head of Service Delivery, he works to ensure Mitigo’s services consistently provide practical, proportionate advice that bridges the gap between technical security and business risk, enabling clients to make informed decisions and achieve lasting improvements to their security posture.
