Our People
Senior expertise for decisions that matter
IG-Smart brings together experienced specialists across governance, privacy, cybersecurity, AI assurance, healthcare, clinical safety and programme delivery.
Our model is deliberately senior-led. Clients work with practitioners who understand not only regulatory requirements and technical controls, but how governance operates in practice — across boards, complex organisations, regulated environments, technology programmes and critical services.
Collectively, our team brings experience spanning the NHS and wider health and social care sector, multinational organisations, major digital transformation programmes, consumer data environments, cybersecurity and resilience, regulatory compliance and executive assurance.
We assemble the right expertise around each engagement, giving clients access to specialist capability without unnecessary layers of consultancy.
Michael Abtar
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Governance, risk and assurance specialist with more than 18 years' experience spanning privacy, cyber resilience, AI governance, digital transformation, healthcare and complex regulated organisations.
- Governance, Risk & Assurance
- Privacy
- Cyber
Professor Dame Donna Kinnair DBE
Chair, Independent Advisory Board
Senior healthcare and public-policy leader providing independent perspective across governance, leadership, patient safety, organisational assurance and healthcare transformation.
- Healthcare Leadership
- Governance
- Patient Safety
Dr Bright Mawudor
Chief Information Security Officer
Cybersecurity specialist combining security engineering and technical assurance with expertise in cyber governance, resilience, vulnerability management and organisational risk.
- Cybersecurity
- Security Engineering
- Vulnerability Management
Shaista Peart
Senior Data Privacy & Information Governance Consultant
Privacy and information governance specialist advising organisations on data protection, DPO responsibilities and practical governance across healthcare and regulated environments.
- Data Protection
- Information Governance
- DPO Services
Himanshu Desai
Clinical Safety Officer & Healthcare Informatics Specialist
Healthcare informatics and clinical safety specialist with extensive experience across NHS, healthcare technology, clinical applications and international health systems.
- Clinical Safety
- Healthcare Informatics
- Digital Health
Julia Andrade
Head of Client & Programme Success
Programme and client-success specialist coordinating multidisciplinary engagements across the UK, Europe and United States and helping turn complex advisory programmes into disciplined delivery.
- Programme Management
- Client Delivery
- Engagement Governance
Expertise without unnecessary layers
Our clients engage IG-Smart when governance, technology and regulation intersect — and when the consequences of getting those decisions wrong matter.
We provide access to experienced practitioners, multidisciplinary expertise and independent assurance, assembled around the needs of each organisation.