Simon Moores is Managing Director of Zentelligence (Research) Ltd, and a Vice Chairman of the Conservative Technology Forum.
Simon is also Programme Director and Chair of the annual international eCrime Congress and Intellectual Property (IP) Risk Conference. A former chief executive and Chairman of The Research Group, he has, over the last twenty years, chaired many well-respected IT User Groups and Forums and conferences, which include Payment Card Industry (PCI) Europe, Tackling Organised Crime and the eGovernment Forum.
A co-author of the Conservative Party’s “Digital Plan for Britain” he is a director of the centre-right open market policy ‘think tank’, Aediles and advises government, business and the media on the evolution, development and application of eGovernment, Internet-related technologies and their impact. He is known for his expert work on eGovernment, information economy, online espionage, Hi-tech crime and information security issues.
A well-established speaker on the international conference circuit, Simon has, among many events, chaired the prestigious ‘Emirates Forum in Dubai, the middle-east GovTech conference and keynoted the Irish Software Industry’s annual conference in Dublin and the Ministry of Justice’s conference at the QE II Centre in London in 2008. He has frequently assisted The Foreign & Commonwealth Office and UK Trade Invest and has represented the British government’s Office of The e-Envoy, (Cabinet Office) as a technology and eGovernment ‘Ambassador’, presenting and speaking at GCC, EEC and International Government events and conferences across the globe.
As Vice Chairman of the Conservative Technology Forum, Simon works closely with the Westminster Front Bench team on information society issues, and is also a member of the Information Communication Technology Policy Group, advising members of the European Parliament through the centreright European Peoples Party.
A columnist for Silicon.Com, Simon has made frequent contributions to a number of leading publications in the IT industry and national press, which have included eGov monitor, The Economist, The New Statesman and The Observer newspaper. Dr Moores has also written for The Times, Arab News, The Saudi Economic Review and many other national and international publications.
Simon has appeared regularly on the BBC News and Sky News’ and is frequently called-upon as an analyst and technology expert on Channel 4 News, ITV, CNN, CNBC and Bloomberg television and radio.