BCS Finance Committee

Chair

Ram Kundnani CITP FBCS
Ram is passionate about learning and adopting technologies to bring positive change to the organisations and society.  He has contributed to the computing industry and global society with his professional and personal skills since 1985.

With the aim contribute to BCS at higher level in the organisation structure, he joined Finance Committee in June 2016. He then took responsibility as Chairman of the Community Board Finance Committee (CBFC) from Jun 2022 and has served first term . As Chairman, he has brought about a positive change for the benefit of BCS Members, the Member Groups, BCS Staff and CBFC members. Key change is making better use of allocated funds and adopting EDI policy. The other achievements are organising at least 2 Treasurer Training session in a year, optimising finances for the International Sections and simplifying SFR approval process.  

He has been BCS London West Branch Treasurer 2010. 

He is currently working Senior Digital Transformation Lead for General Optical Council. His career success stories include: Introducing Computerised Driving Licenses in India for the first time in 1996; launching world’s first digital platform to support families during the difficult times of bereavement in 2015 and reducing upto 30% on development time and associated cost by launching Agile methodology, coaching and mentoring. He is Programme, Project, Transition, Digital and Change Professional with track delivering tangible results to banks, private, public and charity sectors. Achieved transformational growth irrespective of industry through IT Security, GDPR, Outsourcing, Digital Technologies, Software Development and Implementation. Extensive experience of line management, leading from front and working in collaboration and managing stakeholders up to C level.

He is Prince 2 practitioner, MBA and has a degree in Electrical Engineering. He studied Certificate in Entrepreneurial Development from Judge Business School, Cambridge.

He has been a management committee member of Little Lamps Nursery (www.littlelampsnursery.co.uk) April 2016 where his responsibilities include IT, Coordination with Barnet Council, OFSTED and other regulatory bodies.

Members

Mike Hurst CITP CEng MBCS
Michael (Mike) is a long time Committee Member of BCS Edinburgh Branch (45 years!). Over the decades he has held the roles of Chair and Secretary, and is currently Treasurer and webmaster. Between 2006 and 2022 he was Honorary Secretary and webmaster of the BCS-in-Scotland grouping of Branches and SGs in Scotland.

Since 2010 he is an active volunteer CITP Assessor for BCS.

Mike is now retired from active employment. His career has been in telecommunications measurement and Operational Support Systems (OSS) development with companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies. Roles have included software development, R&D Project Management and System Architect / Design Authority. Prior to retirement he was Development Manager of a small start-up in Edinburgh in the mobile telecoms sector.

David Cartwright CITP CEng FBCS
Lincolnshire-born David Cartwright CITP CEng FBCS CISSP MCIIS graduated in Computer Science in the early 1990s and has been a member of the BCS since 1994.

He has worked in a variety of IT roles around the UK since then in industries such as academia, publishing, travel, telecoms, banking, venture capital and intellectual property management. In addition, having been a full-time technical editor of a weekly networking and telecoms newspaper in the 1990s, he is still a regular contributor to online tech publications.  

Dave has specialised in cyber security for the last ten years or so and is presently Chief Information Security Officer for the offshore division of a global bank. 

In addition to his role on the BCS Finance Committee, Dave is currently secretary of the Jersey branch, having previously served as chairman and treasurer. He is also a BCS assessor for candidates applying for the Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Chartered Engineer (CEng) certifications.

Dave lives in St. Helier, Jersey, with his wife Val. Outside the IT world he chairs two Jersey charities aimed at helping and developing young people; he is also active in the local Masonic community and runs the Jersey Freemasons’ charities.

Herbert Leung CITP MBCS
Herbert has served as Chairman of the BCS Hong Kong Section since 2025. He has also been a member of the BCS CB Finance Committee since 2024.

He holds a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from Queen Mary University of London and an MSc in Electronic Commerce and Internet Computing from The University of Hong Kong. He became a BCS member through the Hong Kong Section's mentorship programme, later obtained the MBCS status and Chartered IT Professional (CITP) accreditation.

Herbert is a team manager on the IT Infrastructure & Operations team, he overseen the technology operations, aligned IT strategy with business objectives, and ensured compliance with regulatory requirements. His work requires close collaboration across technology, business, and compliance functions to deliver secure, efficient, and resilient IT services.

Martin Beer CITP CEng FBCS

I am a retired computer science academic who specialised in databases, multi-agent based systems and mobile collaborative learning. I set and mark BCS HEQ examinations and am a Fellowship assessor, having been a Fellow myself since 2010. Since moving to Sheffield in 2001, I have been the Treasurer of the South Yorkshire Branch and was previously the Chair of the Merseyside Branch.

I live in the Peak District and am a member of the National Park Authority, as well as the deputy chair of the Moors for the Future Peakland restoration project. I am also vice-chair of our local parish council.

I think it is important that the BCS provides a local forum for professionals to meet and exchange ideas in a friendly and convivial environment. Members of all levels meet and discuss areas of common interest. I have always worked within the BCS branch network to achieve this.

Jon Jeffery MBCS
Biography to follow.

Soheir Ghallab MBCS
Biography to follow.

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