Kenneth Taylor

Vice Chairman of Cyber Security, Investment Banking

Ken comes from the cyber security realm, with a vast set of experiences both within the military and corporate environment. In his role as senior advisor, Ken brings deep sector and operating experience, focused within the data science and information assurance verticals.

Over the past 2 decades, Ken has been part of the founding teams of three silicon valley cyber security companies, Silent Circle, Blackphone and Onyara.

He was also the President of the International Cyber Security Protection Alliance, a globally recognized and UK government backed organization, focused on cyber security governance and regulatory reform. He held 2 senior executive leadership positions at both Unisys and CGI corporation, and has been a strategic advisor to some of the most recognizable names in cyber security including FireEye, Mandiant and Dragos. In his last 2 roles he held a senior advisory role at Datatribe and was the managing director and co founder of Kyvr Connect, a Canadian cyber security VC.

Ken served proudly in the Canadian Armed forces in Special Operations Forces – 2 Commando, PPCLI – for over 12 years in both peace and wartime operations throughout the world. He has deep ties within the Intelligence and Special Forces community throughout the globe.

Ken has an engineering background in telecommunications and computer networking, as well as a Masters degree in Business Administration in finance and leadership from Royal Roads University in Victoria, B.C