Kevin Macnish is Head of Ethics and Sustainability Consulting at Sopra Steria.

Kevin has led numerous ethics and sustainability projects for governments, banks, and in the Defence sector.

He was formerly Assistant Professor of Ethics and IT in the Philosophy Dept. at the University of Twente and before that Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds, where he retains a visiting research fellowship.

Kevin's research and interests lie in the ethics of surveillance, cybersecurity and technology. In 2018 he published The Ethics of Surveillance: an introduction (Routledge), in 2020 Big Data and Democracy (Edinburgh University Press) and in 2023 The Ethics of Surveillance in Times of Emergency (Oxford University Press). He is the author of over 50 academic, peer-reviewed papers, chapters and books on the ethics of privacy, surveillance, and cybersecurity. Kevin has spoken at the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology and the Intelligence and Security Committee. He has also been interviewed on BBC television and radio and on Channel 4.

Kevin conducts ethical analysis for security and ICT projects. He has been involved with a number of European Union FP7 and Horizon2020 projects and works as an independent ethics expert for the European Commission.