# Botan Osman

> Botan Osman is the British co-founder and CEO of Restrata. A Manchester-trained software engineer and former head of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s IT department, he joined Restrata in 2013 and co-founded its software venture in 2019. His work focuses on connecting operational information so organisations can coordinate security and incident response.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Restrata
- **Organizations:** Restrata, Kurdistan Regional Government, British Business Group Kurdistan
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** BSc in Software Engineering (as stated in Restrata’s published biography), University of Manchester, Executive programme, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Executive programme, US National Defense University, Executive programme, UK Defence Academy
- **Known for:** Established and developed the KRG Department of IT, with initiatives including a regional IT academy, electronic identity system, data-centre design and an IT strategy., Co-founded the Restrata software venture in 2019., Led Restrata when it secured growth investment from Scottish Equity Partners in February 2025.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Appointed in late 2006 to establish the Kurdistan Regional Government Department of IT; served as department head and IT adviser to the prime minister.
- **2013** — Joined Restrata as country director for Kurdistan and northern Iraq.
- **2014** — Founding committee member for institutional relations at the British Business Group Kurdistan, established in June.
- **2017** — Appointed managing director after serving as global director of business development; reported in April 2017.
- **2019** — Co-founded the Restrata software venture, according to his CSO 360 speaker biography.
- **2023** — Announced Restrata’s partnership with LOGIC for the VantagePOB service.
- **2025** — Restrata secured growth investment from Scottish Equity Partners.

## Achievements

- Established and developed the KRG Department of IT, with initiatives including a regional IT academy, electronic identity system, data-centre design and an IT strategy.
- Co-founded the Restrata software venture in 2019.
- Led Restrata when it secured growth investment from Scottish Equity Partners in February 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Described hosting a Restrata Global Security Leaders Roundtable at the House of Lords in a public LinkedIn post; contributors included Teresa Best, Joe Olivarez and Antony Sherlock.
- **2026-09** — Intersec published his article “One platform to rule them all”, challenging closed security systems.
- **2026-06** — Christopher Chope referred to Osman’s contributions at a security conference during a parliamentary evidence session on energy security.

## Links

- Website: https://www.restrata.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/botanosman/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22