Future Retirement Success
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Investing
  • Stocks
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Investing
  • Stocks

Future Retirement Success

Business

Getting to Know You: Federico Charosky, Founder & CEO, Quorum Cyber

by January 24, 2024
January 24, 2024
Getting to Know You: Federico Charosky, Founder & CEO, Quorum Cyber

Federico Charosky is a risk and cyber security expert with a career spanning more than 20 years. He currently leads Quorum Cyber as its Founder and CEO. Quorum Cyber, a UK-based cyber security firm, and here he tells Business Matters the motivation behind the company.

What do you do at Quorum Cyber?

My role is very much setting the company’s strategic direction, and I’m also still very involved in the innovation side of things. Alongside my executive team, I’m also taking up a more global role now that we’re firmly established in both the UK and North America.

 What is the inspiration behind Quorum Cyber?

I’ve always had a strong sense of justice and have been attracted to doing something worthwhile, and wanted to work in a field where I could stand up and be proud of what I do.

Looking back, I think a lot of my inspiration comes from my childhood. I grew up in a typical middle class Argentinian family – my family was very loving but I was badly bullied at school, as I was the chubby geek who didn’t play football(!).

My natural reaction was to hide in things where I felt safe. I hid in computers and gaming. In games, I would always play the honourable hero, the one fighting injustice. When it came to setting up Quorum Cyber, what I realised was that I was using the powers that I had to fight injustice on behalf of others. I saw an opportunity to help unprotected companies that were being bullied like I had been – to stand against threats that are challenging the way of life of these organizations.

Who do you admire?

I think it’s outstanding what Yvon Chouinard has achieved with Patagonia. I’m so impressed by how they’ve maintained a sense of why they are doing what they are doing. Ultimately, they sell clothes, but the way they present their business and its sense of purpose gives consumers a reason to buy Patagonia products rather than those of their competitors.

I also really admire the business author and speaker Simon Sinek. He talks about how some companies go ‘from the outside in’: they start with what they sell and how to sell it, and the ‘why’ gets completely forgotten. Other companies, he says, start with the ‘why’ and go from there. This philosophy has been fundamental to our approach at Quorum Cyber: we spend a lot of time reflecting on our purpose.

What defines your way of doing business?

A key part of our ethos is to work ethically, full of integrity and authenticity: we want to be disciplined and consistent as we look to grow with purpose. If that means it takes us longer to meet our growth objectives, then I’m OK with that. The way we go about the journey is more important than the destination.

 What advice would you give to someone starting out?

I say this a lot, but I have never had anything more fulfilling than this job. I go around doing things I love, growing things and fighting incredible battles with incredible people for good causes.

Mainly, I would tell everyone just to do it. There’s a perception of needing to have all the right resources at your disposal. But that’s not true. I’m a middle class Argentinian kid playing in a field in the UK that is completely outside any of the things I was given at birth. None of that matters – just go at it, go strong and be aware and honest with yourself about the costs of the journey.

That’s not to say everybody should do this. You need to be happy to live in a world of uncertainty and find it exciting. If uncertainty doesn’t feel like fuel, you shouldn’t be doing it.

 Looking back, is there anything you would have done differently?

Yes and no. Looking back, I have always worked with the data I have at any given moment, so I tend not to dwell on retrospective regrets. I firmly believe we always do the best we can with the data we have. The question I usually ask is ‘if you had a time machine and you could speak to yourself ten years ago, what would you tell yourself?’

I think I would have liked to be more aware of the really difficult parts of the role. It can be challenging managing a business which is expanding so quickly; ensuring that the culture and the messages stay the same even whilst other elements of the business are scaling up and changing.

Read more:
Getting to Know You: Federico Charosky, Founder & CEO, Quorum Cyber

0
FacebookTwitterGoogle +Pinterest
previous post
University Living Launched Visa Assistance Service
next post
Apportionment & Immigration: 95 Percent of Noncitizen Growth Went to GOP States Since 2019

You may also like

Embracing cloud services without breaking the bank

December 28, 2022

London student named Fintech scholarship winner

June 26, 2024

Major corporations return to CBI as lobby group...

August 26, 2024

Twitter hit by 40% revenue drop amid ad...

January 19, 2023

Next raises profit forecast but warns stock could...

January 4, 2024

Revolut’s earliest crowdfunders set to pocket life-changing returns

December 17, 2024

Tether Bashes WSJ Over Allegations of Faked Documents...

June 12, 2023

Over three quarters of UK businesses expect performance...

May 30, 2023

Apple joins opposition to Online Safety Bill and...

June 28, 2023

Banks demand equal protection for staff as retail...

May 20, 2025

    Get free access to all of the retirement secrets and income strategies from our experts! or Join The Exclusive Subscription Today And Get the Premium Articles Acess for Free

    By opting in you agree to receive emails from us and our affiliates. Your information is secure and your privacy is protected.

    Recent Posts

    • The FTC Event that Wasn’t: The Attention Economy Workshop Misses an Opportunity for Meaningful Discussion

      June 3, 2025
    • Grace-Marie Turner, RIP

      June 3, 2025
    • Challenges posed by Trump and Putin push UK to adopt new NATO first defense policy

      June 3, 2025
    • Trump DOJ investigating Biden-era pardons amid concerns over state of mind

      June 3, 2025
    • FBI calls for public tips on children hurt in ‘gender-affirming’ surgeries

      June 3, 2025
    • NP Aerospace secures multi-million-pound funding from NatWest to power global expansion

      June 3, 2025

    Categories

    • Business (8,129)
    • Investing (2,003)
    • Politics (15,485)
    • Stocks (3,122)
    • About us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions

    Disclaimer: futureretirementsuccess.com, its managers, its employees, and assigns (collectively “The Company”) do not make any guarantee or warranty about what is advertised above. Information provided by this website is for research purposes only and should not be considered as personalized financial advice. The Company is not affiliated with, nor does it receive compensation from, any specific security. The Company is not registered or licensed by any governing body in any jurisdiction to give investing advice or provide investment recommendation. Any investments recommended here should be taken into consideration only after consulting with your investment advisor and after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company.

    Copyright © 2025 futureretirementsuccess.com | All Rights Reserved