Fergus Hay

CEO and Co-Founder, The Hacking Games

Fergus Hay is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Hacking Games, an entertainment, training and talent enterprise committed to creating a generation of Ethical Hackers to make the world safer. With $10.5 Trn forecasted to be lost to Cybercrime in 2025 and 69% of European teenagers having committed a cybercrime/misdemeanor, we are facing a generational crisis. The Hacking Games will inspire, educate and equip this generation to be defenders and not attackers. Fergus is also Co-Founder of growth and marketing advisory firm Elysian Fields for VC/PE backed tech sector, Venture Partner at Blue Lion Global VC, Advisory board member of NUOS and Digital Health Investment Fund Ryse Asset Management He is the former CEO of marketing agency Leagas Delaney, during which the agency climbed the ranks for growth from #55 to #3 in the UK. Ogilvy Alumni leading global integrated marketing clients, and ran Asia’s largest social media agency, Social@Ogilvy. Fergus is an industry expert and regular commentator on global tech news for BBC World News, Sky News and NBC Euronews. Holds EMBA from Stern NYU, London School of Economics and HEC Paris