Col Iain Davidson

Reason for joining Court

Giving back – I am incredibly grateful for the start that Abertay and the City of Dundee gave me in my career, and I want to help the University. It is a special place that makes extremely employable people and I want to help with that!

Biography

Lieutenant Colonel Iain Davidson attended the University of Abertay in Dundee after a false start and a year at college. Membership of Tayforth University Officer Training Corps in combination with his studies at Abertay, set the path for a career in Defence IT and Technology. With a civilian career as a Risk and Programme Manager in the IT sector, he is currently the Secure Cloud Security Assurance Manager with DXC Technology.

His time at Abertay nurtured a taste for life-long learning; he holds the IRM International Diploma in Risk Management and is an MBA. He has recently completed an MSc in Cyber Security. He is a Certified Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management, Fellow of the British Computing Society and is a Chartered Engineer, Certificant of the Business Continuity Institute and is a Member of the Project Management Institute, holding the Project Management Professional (PMP) and Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) qualifications and is Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) and Information Security Management (CISM).

Iain lives in Wormit with his daughter Greer and is a slow runner and fast skier, having just bought a project house he is practicing his DIY a lot. He spends any other spare time Scuba Diving, Munro bagging or watching Scotland play Rugby.