The Leadership Team

Our leadership team are experts in cybersecurity, attack surface management, the dark web, law enforcement, and defense.

Michael Gianarakis

CEO

Dr. Gareth Owenson - Searchlight Cyber - Co-Founder and CTO- Leadership team

Dr. Gareth Owenson

CTO and Co-Founder

Shubham Shah

SVP Engineering & Research Australia

Charlotte Rhodes - Searchlight Cyber - VP Marketing - Leadership team

Charlotte Rhodes

Global VP Marketing

Felipe Portero de Oliveira

VP of Global Government Sales

Jo Compton

Finance Director

Ben Jones - Searchlight Cyber - Co-Founder and CEO - Leadership team

Ben Jones

Strategic Advisor and Searchlight Cyber Co-Founder

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