Nick Takes
Most CISOs can't run IT. Most IT leaders can't build security. I do both — for companies that need a leader, not two.
Security leadership without the full-time price tag. I build and run security programmes end to end: risk, policy, NIS2 and GDPR compliance, incident response, awareness, board reporting. From first assessment to fully insurable.
Fractional · Interim · Permanent
IT that just works. I own the budget, manage the vendors and MSPs, keep the infrastructure available, and translate technology into decisions a board can act on.
Fractional · Interim · Permanent
Adopt AI without the privacy hangover. Tool selection, architecture and governance for teams that want AI working for them — GDPR-aware from day one. I build with these tools myself, so the advice comes from practice.
Project · Advisory
Service management that serves people. Processes, tooling and service desks the business actually likes using — designed by someone who started on one.
Project · Advisory
Ten years from the service desk to the boardroom. I learned IT by running it and security by building it — across an international, four-country operation.
First line. Where you learn what IT is actually for.
From fixing tickets to running the shop.
Both chairs: running IT and building security across four countries.
The certification, after the experience — not instead of it.
Hiring for a leadership role, exploring fractional support, or booking a speaker — one conversation tells you more than any website.
Or directly: contact@nicktakes.com · LinkedIn