Dave Harvey

Head of Cybersecurity, UK , FTI Consulting

Mr. Harvey has over 20 years of cybersecurity experience, specifically in countering advanced threat actors, developing cybersecurity resilience and responding to critical incidents.

Mr. Harvey leads FTI Consulting’s UK Cybersecurity practice, overseeing client engagements across a broad spectrum of industries and regional markets. He has extensive expertise providing independent board-level advisory and assurance, cybersecurity resilience and response engagements, in addition to guidance on post-breach complex investigations and in support of class-action lawsuits.

Recent experience includes the development of target operating models and security assurance programmes across multi-national clients. Mr. Harvey spearheaded the delivery to support the establishment of the NHS Nightingale hospitals and has led a series of high-profile litigation investigations under legal privilege into some of the most significant data breaches worldwide.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Harvey served as the lead architect and then Head of Automation within Technology for KPMG UK LLP. During his tenure, Mr. Harvey led a team of over 65 specialists in delivering digital transformation across a +£10M portfolio including cloud hosted AI, workflow, RPA, data insight, and software development projects.

Serving as a senior Engineer Officer in the Royal Air Force, Mr. Harvey specialised in secure communications and cybersecurity where he was responsible for incident response to major cyber events. He directed complex workstreams within the Defence Cybersecurity Programme and led cyber operations with key partner nations.