Roland has worked extensively in the area of Internet policy. He was the Director of Public Policy for the London Internet Exchange (LINX) for many years, until he became an independent consultant. Roland meets regularly with officials and Parliamentarians on a wide range of Internet related issues and he is often asked to participate in worldwide conferences on Internet and Cybercrime issues.

Organisations Roland has worked with include:

Internet Crime Forum - Industry Vice Chairman, chaired the Critical National Infrastructure and Data Retention subgroups. Spokesperson.

G8 High-tech crime meetings - led the UK Industry delegation to three consecutive meetings in Paris, Berlin and Tokyo.

EURIM - eCrime Working Group

Home Secretary's Task Force for Child Protection on the Internet - chaired the unsolicited email group, special interests include: police training, public awareness, and industry codes of conduct.

Internet Watch Foundation - former Board Member, Funding Council and Technical Advisory Panel member.

Telecommunications and other Groups : member of ACSP, the Association of Communication Services Providers, on both the NICC and the joint Oftel/Industry working group which created the Telecoms Ombudsman (Otelo).

Government's Emergency Telecoms Committee co-ordinating contingency plans for Civil and National Emergencies.

EuroISPA - former Council Member, and member of many of ISPA UK's working groups on Data Protection, Law Enforcement and Content Liability issues.

Internet User Privacy Forum - a LINX initiative to bring together Civil Liberties groups and ISPs.