Lee Bristow

Lee Bristow is an award-winning Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) professional with over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, privacy and AI governance. As a certified ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 Lead Auditor and Implementer, Lee specialises in guiding multinational organisations through complex compliance programmes, from strategic design to full tactical execution. Where many advisors stop at strategy, Lee delivers end-to-end: translating regulatory frameworks, including the EU AI Act, ISO 27001 and ISO 42001, into boardroom-ready roadmaps and ground-level implementation. His cross-sector experience in technology, finance, insurance, and consulting gives him the fluency to step into any organisation and quickly identify where governance, risk, and compliance programmes need to move. Lee is the author of The Human AI Alliance: Meditations for Leaders, a practical guide to the ethical deployment of AI. As founder and CEO/CTO of Risk Copilot and Dawn Horizon, he applies his signature Governance by Design methodology, building AI and cybersecurity frameworks that are embedded from inception rather than bolted on as an afterthought. Governed AI adoption is not a constraint on innovation. It is the foundation of it.