Ogier Regulatory Consulting hires IT expert to expand offering into cyber security

Ogier Regulatory Consulting is expanding its expertise to include cyber security advice with the appointment of Gavin Baxendale as client director in the Cayman Islands.

Gavin will bring his industry and vendor knowledge together with his partner network to expand Ogier Regulatory Consulting's skillset and service offering in IT solutions, cyber audit, gap analysis, risk management, policy and governance development, data law conformity, regulatory advisory and forensics.

His universally-applicable expertise means he will also support other jurisdictions.

Gavin has worked in IT consultancy for 20 years and has extensive project management experience in the Caribbean. He specialises in infrastructure design, gap analysis, audit, regulatory requirements and road mapping, as well as staffing and IT/cyber-related training. He is also on the board of the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg) – Cayman Islands.

He relocated to Cayman to work on rebuilding the telecommunications and IT infrastructure following damage caused by Hurricane Ivan. With the exponential growth of the finance industry in Cayman, Gavin as a technical architect and partner assisted to build the largest and most accredited IT Consultancy firm on the islands, delivering IT solutions across the Caribbean.

Gavin said: "With Ogier Regulatory Consulting a new and fast-growing division of the business, I am delighted to be joining at such an exciting time and look forward to helping our services grow. Cyber Security, compliance and governance are becoming ever more relevant in today's world and I look forward to helping Ogier stay on the front foot to provide the most up-to-date advice to our clients."

Lisa Bowyer, head of Ogier Regulatory Consulting in the Cayman Islands, said: "We are pleased to expand our expertise by welcoming Gavin to the team. It is important to keep pace as the rapid expansion of technology brings about greater security challenges. This appointment extends our reach of potential clients and ensures that we remain at the forefront of an ever-changing financial services landscape.

"Cybersecurity framework, risk management, IT systems controls and use of internet are among the good practices and areas of concern in the recent Cayman Islands Monetary Authority's Thematic Cybersecurity Review and we now have someone perfectly placed to advise clients on these issues."