Meet the team
Larry Embra MBE
Chairman
Entrepreneur and experienced board leader, founder of MBE Construction (£30M turnover) and co-founder of a £750M property group. Awarded an MBE for charitable services and served 21 years as a Justice of the Peace. Provides governance, strategic oversight and trusted leadership for high-growth security-critical operations.
Mark Ryan
Deputy Chairman
Over 30 years scaling high-growth businesses across fintech, telecoms, PE and digital. Former Caudwell Group leader driving a £1.45Bn exit; founding Chairman and seed investor in The Hut Group (THG). Currently CEO of My Medical Gateway, a first-mover digital health-tech platform. Advises on strategic growth, commercial excellence, partnerships, and enterprise-scale expansion.
Co-Founder & Director
Co-founder and operations specialist with deep experience in IT asset management, regulated data destruction and ISO-certified delivery. Over 20+ years senior leadership experience in the financial services industry. Oversees end-to-end service execution, ensuring safe, compliant, scalable projects for enterprise and public-sector clients. Focused on efficiency, quality, and international roll-out. Provides commercial insight to support long-term strategy and global expansion.
Rafal Gorczynski
Architect of patented, cloud-native, compliance-first platforms used across NHS, government and enterprise clients. Leads engineering, product and cybersecurity, delivering automated lifecycle control and sovereign data architectures. Ensures DSS’s technology remains scalable, resilient, and audit-ready.
20+ years in strategic people leadership and talent strategy, organisational development, and leadership design across tech, fintech, telecoms, retail, hospitality and banking. Former senior leader at Dixons Stores Group, THG, Caudwell Group and Barclays. Builds high-performance teams, scalable people systems and culture aligned to rapid growth.