Regulatory depth. Technical precision.

Before quantum computing was on anyone's radar, Adrian spent 6.5 years in FCA compliance casework — as an adjudicator at the Financial Ombudsman Service, then as a contractor at CYBG and Deloitte. PPI, AML, CDD, pensions mis-selling. He has seen the same complaint from three angles: deciding it, defending against it, and advising on it.

That shapes how he thinks about risk. When a CISO asks “how will the FCA frame this?”, it is not a hypothetical. Q-Edge engagements are built around that foundation: evidence-based, regulatory-first, no vendor agenda.

Adrian built Q-Edge after NIST published three quantum-safe standards in 2024 and the NCSC set its 2028 migration deadline. The gap was obvious to anyone who had spent years inside financial services compliance: most firms had no idea what was in their cryptographic estate, let alone how to migrate it. He has since earned IBM's certification in Quantum-Safe Cryptography, is completing the University of Maryland's Post-Quantum Cryptography certificate, and has engaged directly with the NCSC team running the ACSC pilot scheme.

The technical depth is real. But in Adrian's experience, what actually moves a PQC project forward is a client who trusts the advice enough to act on it. Every engagement starts with that.