Colin Sheppard joins Kroll as managing director
Kroll has installed a new head of its EMEA incident response unit, as demand for digital forensics services in insolvency cases rises across the region. Colin Sheppard joins as a managing director, and will continue to grow the team in the months ahead.
Devon Ackerman, Kroll’s global head of incident response, said, “I am thrilled to welcome Colin to the team. He brings an impressive track record of helping large enterprises and government clients prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber incidents. Continuing to grow our EMEA offerings is a key priority for us at Kroll, and I’m excited to have Colin on board to help lead that charge.”
With a global headcount of more than 6,500 professionals, Kroll is an international provider of risk and financial advisory solutions. This includes specialisms in insolvency work and forensic services investigating the causes of company collapses. As head of incident response for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Sheppard will lead Kroll’s growing digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) offerings within the region.
In particular, this will see Sheppard expand the provision of subject matter expertise and incident response services to clients across all industries. To do this, Sheppard will lead and strategically coordinate with EMEA sales, channel and service line leaders to ensure quality and consistency of services with the existing strong Kroll cyber risk team.
Sheppard remarked, “Kroll has a fantastic reputation in the market for merging elite digital forensics experts and frontline threat intelligence. I’m looking forward to being part of the EMEA team and bringing my years of experience to continue helping customers quickly and efficiently investigate risks, contain threats and eject active actors from compromised networks.”
Prior to joining Kroll, Sheppard most recently led IBM Security’s X-Force IR practice. In this role, he was responsible for the development and delivery of incident readiness and incident response services across EMEA. Previously, Sheppard had also focused on building incident response and threat intelligence capabilities for two global fintech companies. He also served as Director of Digital Forensics and Incident Response for Trustwave Spiderlabs where he oversaw the firm’s growth of its practice across the Americas.
