Richard Dutton

Managing Director

Chris Greany

Chairman

Chris has over 35 year’s professional security experience spanning the corporate, governmental, and law enforcement sectors.

In the commercial sector he has worked across FTSE 100 Companies, together with advising executive boards, regulatory authorities and governments in relation to cyber and information security risk.

Before the private sector he had an exemplary career. As Commander and UK lead, he delivered the growth of the UK’s fraud and cyber-crime protection centre, together with supporting the development of “Cyber UK”. Previously, he sat on the UK Government’s Ministerial Board on Cyber Security and contributed to the build of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

A thought leader and commentator, he is also a Strategic Advisory Council member of International Security & International Cyber Expo.

Published, he has co-authored several books in relation to cyber security and counter fraud.

Jill Dutton

Project Lead and Company Secretary

Jill graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a Bachelor degree and then attended St Thomas University to obtain an MBA in Marketing/Management. After a 25-year career working for the largest US airline Jill relocated to the UK in 2016.
Jill was a founder shareholder in ELIAS Partnership in 2017 and her managerial and customer service background combined with a relentless attention to detail has been instrumental in ELIAS Partnership’s success. Her responsibilities for ELIAS Partnership include being Company Secretary, project management lead, customer service satisfaction and managing all back-office functions.

James Farrell

Non Executive Director

James qualified as a solicitor in 2016 and has considerable experience across a range of criminal & regulatory investigations and has a background in risk & compliance. He has advised numerous companies and private clients being investigated by regulatory authorities and public bodies including HM Revenue and Customs in relation to revenue fraud and the Football Association investigating breaches of betting rules. James also prosecuted fraud offences on behalf of Trading Standards.

James has advised clients and their businesses on all aspects of their GDPR and data protection compliance, including advising on the immediate response to data breaches and cyber threats and providing representation for clients being interviewed under caution by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)

Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, James had a successful career in law enforcement. As Head of Operations for the Covert Technical Surveillance Unit in the Metropolitan Police, James had responsibility for officers and engineers deploying covert technical surveillance equipment to assist in the investigations of serious crime and terrorism, both nationally and internationally. James also managed the technical capability and operability of mobile data capture and cyber exploitation systems.

Richard is a Cambridge University law graduate and co-founder of ELIAS Partnership. He has a 30-year career in senior management with blue chip organisations as well as start-ups in the marketing services, digital media, not for profit and health sectors.

Richard is an experienced Data Protection Officer (DPO) and has 9 years senior governance experience having served as Deputy Chairman, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Finance and Performance Committee of a large NHS Hospital Foundation Trust.

Richard is a former Fellow of the Institute of Data and Marketing (FIDM), a Certified Loyalty Marketing Professional (CLMP), a founding member of the Board of Regents at the Loyalty Academy and a partner in the Customer Strategy Network (CSN).