Aggy Kouzos
Director
​Aggy Kouzos began his IT career in 1986 as a junior COBOL programmer on payroll systems for Sealink Ferries. After a period in IT consultancy for SMEs, he moved into support leadership at Sedgwick a Lloyds brokerage, managing helpdesk and field engineering teams serving hundreds of brokers in the City of London.
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At BP Shipping, he led global IT support for a fleet of 33 oil tankers, managing onboard networks and setting the strategic direction for fleet IT worldwide. In 1994 he moved into media and advertising as IT Manager at Charles Barker. Through successive mergers and acquisitions he rose to IT Director EMEA at BSMG and then Weber Shandwick (part of IPG) in 1996, building regional teams across Europe’s major cities and centralising infrastructure and support.
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In 2002 he joined IPG’s GIS Corp IT group as IT Director, End User Services EMEA. There he was responsible for service delivery to 17,000 users and contributed to global rollouts and a centralised IT model.
In 2007 he co-founded an IT consultancy start-up serving leading advertising agencies, which he closed in 2010 mainly due to the financial crisis.
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He then re joined the IPG group and spent 16 years with IPG as UK and EMEA IT Director for Lowe and Partners (now MullenLowe Group), overseeing 22 offices and 20 IT managers. The agencies he supported ranged from small, SME-sized businesses to large corporate operations. He led regional and global programmes spanning restructures, acquisitions, divestitures and centralised IT structure development.
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Today, Aggy is co-founder of The Firm UK, a boutique IT strategy, cybersecurity and compliance consultancy. Alongside that he is building a portfolio career as a Fractional CIO, board advisor and Non-Executive Director, and he holds the Certified NED qualification (ILM Level 6).
With four decades in technology leadership, he brings deep expertise in strategy, M&A integration, due diligence, governance, programme delivery and multimillion-dollar budget management, with a growing specialism in AI governance. He has worked closely with senior executives including owners and founders across the UK and EMEA, attended UK and EMEA boards, and served on several executive committees.
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Gavin Whatrup
Director
Starting in data analytics, Gavin Whatrup has been working in the advertising industry for over 35 years, the last 30 years of which has been within IT and security functions. Gavin started as data analyst working in client services but rose to become CIO of an advertising agency group based in London, managing diverse and cross-functional teams.
Gavin has also worked in Financial Services and Big Data helping companies to grow and scale.
Across this time Gavin has worked on small, medium and large transformation projects across logistics, resilience, security, migration, training and business growth.
At the heart of all these projects was communication and senior stakeholder management.
Since 2017, Gavin has specialised in IT security, becoming CISSP qualified in 2023.
He has been the Business Information Security Officer for a global network of agencies. Gavin's focus is to work with all stakeholders, direct and indirect, internal and external to reduce risk, increase understanding, improve resilience and operational capabilities. To help organisations adapt to the changing landscape whilst continuing to serve clients as efficiently & securely as possible.
Chris Christou
Director
With over 25 years of experience in IT, Chris Christou began his career in IT support and steadily advanced through roles in management and project management. For the past 14 years, he has specialised in IT Compliance and Information Security.
As a Global IT Compliance Manager, Chris has led international compliance initiatives, developed and implemented robust frameworks, and collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with GDPR, SOX, ISO 27001, and other key regulatory standards. His approach combines strategic oversight with hands-on execution, helping organisations navigate audits, reduce risk, and build a culture of accountability and resilience.
Driven by a passion for continuous improvement and ethical innovation, Chris thrives at the intersection of technology and compliance. Whether leading enterprise-wide programs, mentoring teams, or developing intuitive tools, he brings clarity, confidence, and consistency to every challenge.
Chris is especially passionate about simplifying compliance. He is widely recognised for his ability to distil complex cybersecurity and regulatory requirements into pragmatic, business-aligned solutions.
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