James Freestone

James Freestone is an accomplished information security professional with extensive experience in leadership roles across various organizations. Currently serving as Chief Information Security Officer at Informa since December 2018, Freestone previously held the position of Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at the same company from December 2018 to April 2020. Prior to this, Freestone was the Chief Information Security Officer at UBM plc from July 2011 to November 2018 and served as Information Security Officer at PR Newswire from December 2007 to July 2011. Freestone's career also includes roles as Information Security Officer and IT Security Officer at CMP Information and UBM IT Services, respectively, as well as Network Manager at United News & Media and Helpdesk at Slaughter and May. Freestone holds a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology.