Red Helix today announced the appointment of Simon Michie as Managing Director of Risk Crew, its specialist information security governance, risk and compliance consultancy
According to the company, this appointment strengthens Red Helix’s ability to support organisations across the full security lifecycle, from assessing risk and improving resilience to delivering 24/7 protection, detection, security testing and incident response.
Michie will lead Risk Crew’s next phase of growth. Red Helix highlighted that this will strengthen its position as a centre of excellence across governance, risk, compliance and security testing, while scaling the business to meet the increasing demand for cyber-assurance.
Red Helix stated that Michie brings more than three decades of experience creating, scaling and commercialising technology-led businesses across digital infrastructure, cloud and managed services.
A product and technology leader by background, he has a strong track record of translating emerging technology shifts into market-ready propositions, from early-stage innovation through to industrialised delivery at scale.
Most recently, Michie served as Chief Technology Officer at Pulsant, where he led the team that conceived and engineered the UK’s edge computing platform.
Alongside executive responsibility for Pulsant’s product portfolio, he transformed underlying technology platforms across 12 data centres.
The company added that prior to Pulsant, Michie spent eight years at Redcentric as CTO, where he held operating board responsibility for product strategy and the technology roadmap.
His career also includes co-founding private businesses that progressed to successful trade sales, alongside extensive experience working with PLC and private equity boards to prepare organisations for growth, integration and exit.
Marion Stewart, CEO of Red Helix, commented: “Simon brings a fantastic combination of deep technical expertise, commercial acumen and leadership experience.
“Risk Crew plays a critical role in our ability to deliver complete cyber assurance and Simon’s background in scaling complex technology businesses makes him ideally placed to lead the business into this next phase.”
Simon Michie, Managing Director of Risk Crew explained: “Risk Crew has built a strong reputation for bringing clarity and rigour to the complexities of cyber risk and compliance.
“As geopolitical uncertainty, rapid advances in AI and increasing regulation reshape the digital landscape, organisations need practical support to turn risk into resilience and compliance into competitive advantage.
As part of Red Helix, we have a unique opportunity to combine our specialist expertise with broader scale and I’m excited to lead such a talented team through this next stage of growth,” Michie concluded.
