Mo Dawood

Mo Dawood has a diverse work experience in the field of information technology. Most recently, they served as the Group IT Director at Lanes Group plc since June 2023. Prior to that, they were the Director of Information Technology at Sapphire Utility Solutions Ltd starting from May 2020. They also held the position of Senior Implementation Consultant at RedSky IT from January 2019 to May 2020. Mo Dawood has also worked as a SAP B1 Project Manager at Aeroservices from May 2019 to April 2020, and as an IT Security Manager at Aeroservices Ltd. from January 2019 to June 2019. Before that, they were the Group IT & Information Security Manager at Lexia Solutions Group from October 2013 to December 2018. Additionally, Mo Dawood has experience as an IT Systems and Infrastructure Manager at Life Environmental Services (Lexia Solutions Group) from September 2011 to October 2013. They started their career as a Field Service Engineer at Mansys in September 2010, followed by a role as an Infrastructure and Support Technician at Vow Europe LTD from March 2010 to August 2010. Lastly, Mo Dawood worked as an IT Assistant at PowerCo Systems from October 2007 to October 2009.

Mo Dawood attended Graham School from 1996 to 2001 and Scarborough Sixth Form College from 2001 to 2003. In 2015, they enrolled at The Open University and completed a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Open, specializing in Computing, Information Technology & Business in 2018. During the same period, they also obtained a Professional Certificate in Management, focusing on Business Administration and Management. In terms of additional certifications, Mo Dawood obtained the following: ISO 27001 Lead Auditor - Information Security Certification from IBITGQ in August 2021, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer - Information Security Certification from IBITGQ in July 2021, CISSP from ISC2 in May 2018, ISO27001:2013 Foundation from IBITGQ in June 2017, GDPR Practitioner from IBITGQ in April 2017, PRINCE2® 2017 Practitioner from AXELOS Global Best Practice in August 2017. Mo also holds an MCSA certification from Microsoft, but the specific details regarding the month and year of obtaining this certification are not provided.