Ash Thakrar has been working in higher education audit and assurance with Uniac since May 2025. He is an accomplished risk assurance and advisory professional specialising in leading complex information technology risk projects, with 12 years of experience in professional services providing risk consulting to clients across multiple sectors including Finance, Insurance, Aviation, Oil & Gas, and Public and Higher Education.
Ash has also worked in the industry as Network Operation and Co-location manager for an ISP and creative agency and has a passion for safeguarding organisations against cyber threats with a proven track record in supporting clients with Cloud adoptions, developing cyber security maturity, and improving organisational strategies and efficiencies in IT operations.
He is well-versed in implementing information security control frameworks, understanding and articulating risks to key stakeholders, and promoting technology resilience. Key strength is applying his technical knowledge to understand the risks and articulates the ‘so what’ to key stakeholders.
