About Us

Edward Lewis

Chief Executive Officer

Edward co-founded and leads CyXcel as CEO, bringing over 20 years of hands-on experience at the intersection of law and cybersecurity. His career began as a lawyer in the UK, where a focus on infrastructure risk and technology disputes sparked his passion for helping businesses navigate the rapidly evolving digital world.

Edward’s unique path has seen him lead teams through some of the most high-profile cyber incidents, from nation-state intrusions and ransomware attacks to corporate transformations. His expertise in cyber law, technology regulation, and risk management enables him to guide clients through complex challenges while helping them seize new opportunities for growth and success.

For Edward, cybersecurity is about more than just technology—it’s about building resilient, collaborative teams capable of tackling complex issues with agility and confidence. This people-first philosophy has defined his leadership at CyXcel and continues to drive his approach.

Beyond CyXcel, Edward serves as Director of the Cyber Monitoring Centre, a non-profit focused improving national resilience against the impacts of systemic cyber risk. Recognised by Legal 500 as “brilliant, commercial, and a tough negotiator,” Edward’s influence extends beyond the boardroom as he works to shape a safer, more secure digital future for all. 

Jill Dalkin

Head of Service Delivery

Jill serves as CyXcel’s Head of Service Delivery, where she leverages her extensive experience in mobilising large teams of lawyers, technical specialists and subject matter experts to efficiently manage resources and costs in the delivery of major projects. Working closely with the CEO, Jill is responsible for ensuring the highest level of client service across CyXcel.

Jill has over 15 years' litigation experience in transactional processes and data recovery. She has managed breach of warranty and indemnity claims, and orchestrated cases involving intellectual property, franchising, and shareholder disputes. Her data recovery efforts in the UK High Court have included successful implementations of interim-remedies in litigation (injunctions, contempt of court, interim payments, and security for costs). Jill’s committed work has resulted in reported decisions recovering confidential information, strike out, and successful claims for damages exceeding £30m in the Technology and Construction Court and Chancery Division of the UK High Court.

Dr Megha Kumar

Chief Product Officer and Head of Geopolitical Risk

Megha is CyXcel’s Chief Product Officer and Head of Geopolitical Risk. She brings over 14 years’ experience in product innovation, service delivery and client development in the geostrategic intelligence and country risk industry.

She has been a long-standing, trusted advisor to C-Suite decision-makers in Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies, across the technology, energy, mining, finance and infrastructure sectors. Within the public sector, she has worked extensively with major governments on national policy and regulations, and various international bodies, including the United Nations, IMF, NATO and the World Bank. 
               
She is a well-known expert on global digital and technology policy, emerging technologies such as AI, and digital market regulations, and on developing Asian economies.    

A renowned researcher and writer on technology and gender rights, she has co-authored ‘Global Perspectives on Women, Work and Digital Labour Platforms’ and authored ‘Communalism and Sexual Violence in India:  The Politics of Gender, Ethnicity and Conflict’.

Prior to joining CyXcel, Megha held senior leadership positions at Oxford Analytica, where she established and led the firm’s Cybersecurity and Technology Practice for over seven years. She has lectured in history and politics at the University of Oxford, and was a journalist at two major Indian broadsheets. She holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.