Godfrey Kutumela

Godfrey Kutumela is a globally experienced Fractional CISO, cybersecurity advisor, and digital trust executive with over 26 years of experience across financial services, SaaS, fintech, payments, digital identity, and critical infrastructure. He specialises in bridging board-level cybersecurity governance with hands-on engineering execution, helping organisations build measurable, risk-based security programmes. As CEO and Lead Cybersecurity Practitioner at Nucleus Systems, he has delivered 200+ global cybersecurity engagements and developed proprietary frameworks for cybersecurity maturity, code trust assurance, and AI governance. He is also the founder of Paxley Software, a code security and governance platform. Godfrey has served as a fractional CISO for organisations including Sedex, Alkami, Mojaloop, Training The Street, Troon, Zenobe, and Mifos. His credentials include CISSP, CCSP, CSSLP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, TOGAF 8, and executive management development training.