Professor Chris Johnson is a Chief Scientific Adviser in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST). He served as Chief Scientific Adviser in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) from July 2024 to July 2026. Prior to this, he was Pro Vice-Chancellor for Engineering and Physical Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast and Head of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow. His research interests focus on cyber security and the engineering of safety-critical systems.