Paul Simmonds joined ICI in 2001 when he was recruited to head up Information Security for ICI, working for the CIO Office in London. Prior to joining ICI he spent a short time with a high security European web hosting company as Head of Information Security, and prior to that seven years with Motorola, again in a global information security role. In his career he has worked with many external agencies, and has also been directly involved in two successful criminal prosecutions, giving evidence in one case. Paul has a degree in Electronic Engineering and a City & Guilds in Radio Communication. He came to the Information Security field from a background in IT Systems Implementation and consultancy during which he wrote and implemented one of the UK's first web sites. Paul was voted 36th in the 2004 list of the top 50 most powerful people in networking, by the US publication Network World Fusion, for his work with the Jericho Forum.