BCS Finance Committee

Chair

Ram Kundnani CITP FBCS

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.

Jon Jeffery MBCS
Biography to follow.

Martin Beer CITP CEng FBCS
Biography to follow.

Herbert Leung CITP MBCS
Biography to follow.

Soheir Ghallab MBCS
Biography to follow.

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