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RNS Number : 5380F  Darktrace PLC  05 March 2024

5 March 2024

 

Darktrace plc

 

Darktrace Appoints David Smith as Chief People Officer

 

CPO brings 15 years' industry expertise across HR operations and talent
development at leading technology businesses

 

Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security AI, today announces the
appointment of David Smith as Chief People Officer (CPO). David will join the
executive management team on 15 April 2024 and will report to Poppy
Gustafsson, Chief Executive Officer.

 

David will be responsible for leading the design and delivery of Darktrace's
global people strategy with a focus on strengthening HR operations and
ensuring the programmes are in place to build high-performing teams that will
help Darktrace deliver on its future growth ambitions.

 

David has over 15 years' experience of working across the technology sector in
a range of people roles. He joins from 10x Banking, the SaaS Banking Platform,
where he held the role of CPO and was responsible for helping to shape the
organisational design of the business and creating a high-performance culture.
David has also held roles within the people functions of Cleo AI, Lloyds
Banking Group plc, Wonga.com and SagePay. More recently, he spent five years
at Trainline plc, including as HR & Talent Director during a
transformational period for the business when it listed on the London Stock
Exchange.

 

Poppy Gustafsson, Chief Executive Officer of Darktrace, said:

"I am delighted to welcome David to our leadership team at such an exciting
time for our business and as we continue to invest in our employee experience.
David brings significant experience in shaping company cultures and people
strategies in high-growth businesses that are scaling up to become
market-leaders. We are lucky to have incredible talent in our teams and I am
looking forward to being able to draw on David's expertise as we implement the
people programmes that will enable our innovation pipeline and go-to-market
success."

 

Commenting on his appointment, David Smith said:

"What strikes me about Darktrace is that there is an institutional passion for
innovation and market disruption. I am looking forward to joining the
Darktrace team and to helping to shape its culture of collaboration and impact
by creating the structures that will enable our people to deliver on the
business's ambitious growth plans."

 

David Smith's appointment as Chief People Officer follows a number of recent
notable appointments to the executive team, including Chris Kozup as Chief
Marketing Officer and Denise Walter as Chief Revenue Officer in 2023.

 

Media Contact

 

Paul Crouch

Darktrace

+44 7989 202 487

paul.crouch@darktrace.com (mailto:paul.crouch@darktrace.com)

 

About Darktrace

 

Darktrace (DARK.L), a global leader in cyber security artificial intelligence,
is on a mission to free the world of cyber disruption. Breakthrough
innovations in its Cyber AI Research Centre have resulted in over 165 patents
filed and research published to contribute to the cyber security community.
Rather than study attacks, Darktrace's technology continuously learns and
updates its knowledge of your business data and applies that understanding to
optimise your state of optimal cyber security. Darktrace's cyber AI technology
provides a full lifecycle approach to cyber resilience across the entire
organisation that can autonomously spot and respond to novel in progress
threats within seconds. Darktrace employs over 2,300 people around the world
and protects approximately 9,200 customers globally from advanced cyber
threats. Darktrace was named one of TIME magazine's 'Most Influential
Companies' in 2021. To learn more, visit http://www.darktrace.com
(http://www.darktrace.com) .

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