Mary Dowd

Mary, currently the Chief Financial Officer of Crossword Cybersecurity, has been a senior finance leader for over 20 years.  Mary has multiple sector experience and joined Crossword from Cordium Consulting Group Limited, a leading international provider of governance, risk and compliance services, where she was most recently Chief Operating Officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She has extensive experience of working in acquisitive businesses and driving growth.

Mary graduated BSc from University College Galway, Ireland and has a post graduate diploma in Business Studies from the same university.

She is a CIMA Fellow, a member of the Audit & Risk Committee of the University of Essex and a Trustee of The Groundwork South Trust.