Anthony Finkelstein is the President of City, University of London and Professor of Software Systems Engineering. He was formerly Chief Scientific Adviser for National Security to HM Government. During this period he retained a position at UCL and as a Fellow of The Alan Turing Institute (of which he was a Founder Trustee). He was Dean of UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences. He started his career at Imperial College. He has established three successful ‘spin-out’ companies (including two ‘exits’). He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Distinguished Fellow of RUSI (the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies). He was granted the title of Knight Bachelor for public service and was previously appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to computer science and engineering.