John Noble CBE is Non-Executive Director at Nihon Cyber Defence. He is also a Non-Executive Director at NHS Digital (NHSD). He joined the NHSD Board in July 2018 and leads for information assurance and cyber security. He holds several other advisory and non-executive director roles and for the last three years has been a senior cyber security advisor at McKinsey.
Formerly, John was the Director of Incident Management at the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). He helped to establish the NCSC and led on nearly 800 major cyber incidents. These incidents included the WannaCry incident that impacted the NHS in May 2017. During his 40 years of Government service, John specialised in operational delivery and strategic business change. For his work in creating effective security partnerships for the London Olympics, he was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012.