Dave King

Listed in The Evening Standard's Most Influential 1000, Dave is a globally-respected advisor to listed entities, high-profile families and governments on online reputation, cyber and security threats which emanate online. Dave’s hypotheses on online radicalisation were behind unprecedented research with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change which has redefined best practice in the world of countering online propaganda.

Digitalis boasts proprietary technology which is used by the major advisory firms in managing risk for clients and its proprietary technology is used to manage, monitor and protect online reputation as well as to provide technical remedy in crisis. Dave co-authored the first legal academic book on online publication claims with Matrix Chambers, ‘Online Publication Claims: A Practical Guide’.

Dave’s key focus in Digitalis is the representation of high-profile FTSE, Fortune, UHNW, celebrity and political personalities and brands in protecting their reputations online.

Dave King comments for the media on online reputational risk, the "front end" of cyber and countering fake news and propaganda. Recent interviews include those by Radio 4 on online privacy, by BBC and the FT on the WannaCry ransomware attack, on cyber vulnerabilities and on the European judgment against Google.

A well-regarded authority in cyber risk and online reputation, Dave has built and exited two tech firms and advised major groups on digital strategy and acquisitions.

Non-exec and interim roles have included associate director, chairman, CEO and MD positions including those at Manumission, Ministry of Sound, Virtue Tornado plc, Evryx Inc, SnapNow and FRUKT Music.