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BBC Security Correspondent and author · Opening global security landscape update
Frank spent nine years as an investment banker in New York, London and Bahrain before switching to journalism and joining the BBC in 1995. Frank has reported extensively on the global ˜War on Terror’ in Guantanamo Bay, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. In 2004 Frank survived being shot six times at close range by Al-Qaeda terrorists in a Riyadh suburb in Saudia Arabia. He went on to write the best-selling book Blood and Sand, the poignant story of what can happen to your belief system when the culture you have embraced ends up trying to kill you. Frank has gone onto write three best-selling spy thrillers Crisis, Ultimatum and Outbreak. He was awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to journalism. In 2018 he was awarded the University of Southern California’s Tommy Trojan Trophy for distinguished speaking. As a career broadcaster and a witty and gifted communicator, Frank shares his passion for the Middle East, travel and adventure. He draws on a unique perspective and understanding of both domestic and international security.
Conference Chair; corporate investigations specialist
Simon has over 30 years significant investigative, security and compliance related experience, formed from an extensive corporate and law enforcement background. He is recognised for having conducted complex Bribery, Corruption, Fraud and Misconduct investigations worldwide, in regulated and non-regulated arenas. He is internationally recognised for his public speaking credentials and his vast experience, having successfully led, directed and managed investigation, ethics, compliance and integrity teams within Europe, the USA, Africa and the Middle East. He has also been instrumental in delivering investigative services to the key emerging markets of South America, India and China.
Head of Global Security, Novo Nordisk (France)
Research Associate, Centre for Statecraft and National Security (UK)
Chief Product and Technology Officer, RightCrowd (Belgium)
Bart Vansevenant is Chief Product and Technology Officer at RightCrowd. Early 2019 RightCrowd acquired physical security start-up Ticto, which was co-founded by Vansevenant in 2015. Prior to starting up Ticto, Vansevenant was CMO at cybersecurity start-up Catbird. Prior to Catbird he was Executive Director of the Global Security Organization at Verizon, responsible for strategy, product management and development for the company’s cyber security portfolio worldwide. End of 2010 he also was part of a team defining Verizon Business’ cloud strategy and offerings leading up to the acquisition of Terremark. Prior to Verizon, he held executive roles in Cybertrust and in Europe’s pioneer in Managed Security Services Ubizen. Vansevenant also worked in various sales, marketing and product roles at cable company Telenet and at Oracle. Mr. Vansevenant holds a master’s degree in Applied Economic Sciences from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and a post-graduate degree in information and communications technology from the University of Namur, Belgium.
CEO and Co-Founder, Restrata (UK)
Botan Osman has 20+ years’ experience in the software & security sector. He co-founded the Restrata software venture in 2019. He was previously a government and multinational advisor and exec on technology working on projects with Microsoft, Google, IBM, PwC, Cisco & others.
Global Security Director, International SOS
Cvete Koneska is the Global Security Director, Information and Analysis, at International SOS, where she leads the organisation’s global team of security analysts. Under her leadership, the team delivers timely, actionable and strategic insights to support clients operating in complex and high-risk environments around the world. With a distinguished career in the risk and intelligence sector, Cvete has built and managed high-performing analyst teams, helping multinational organisations navigate geopolitical uncertainty and operational challenges. Her work is grounded in rigorous analysis and a deep understanding of global security dynamics.
In addition to her leadership role, Cvete is a recognised thought leader in the field. She regularly contributes to academic journals and industry publications.
Cvete holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG), a Master’s in Politics, Security and Integration from University College London (UCL), and a Doctorate in Politics from the University of Oxford.
Head of Physical Security – EMEA, Northern Trust (UK)
David Brooks is Head of Physical Security for EMEA at Northern Trust, where he leads the regional security programme spanning physical security, travel security, crisis management, intelligence, executive protection, and security operations.
David began his career in the Royal Marines, deploying to both Iraq and Afghanistan in support of operations during the Global War on Terror. These experiences provided the foundation for a career focused on leadership, resilience, risk management, and security in complex operating environments.
Following military service, David spent 14 years with HSBC, holding a variety of leadership roles across corporate banking operations, project management, liquidity and cash management products, business resilience, and protective security. During this time, he led major security and crisis management initiatives, including HSBC’s response to the London Bridge terrorist attack, working closely with senior leadership and emergency services during a highly dynamic incident.
He later moved into the consulting sector, supporting government and international development clients across the United States and globally. This included serving in Abuja, Nigeria, as Chief of Party for Partnership Liaison Security Operations supporting the USAID Mission, where he led security operations, stakeholder engagement, and intelligence reporting across a complex and challenging environment.
David joined Northern Trust to establish and lead the firm’s Operational Resilience Testing Programme, helping strengthen preparedness and resilience across critical business services before transitioning into his current role leading Physical Security across the EMEA region.
Today, he is focused on building intelligence-led security capabilities that integrate resilience, technology, and operations.
Head of Global Threat Intelligence, AP Moller–Maersk (Denmark)
Daniel Giordano is Head of Global Threat Intelligence at AP Moller–Maersk, where he leads the enterprise-wide intelligence program covering Maersk, AP Maersk Terminals, and Maersk Air Cargo across 130 countries. He and his team are responsible for assessing threats emanating from geopolitical, activism, conflict, and non-state hybrid environments to senior executive decision-makers, to make sure Maersk can keep trade moving in a world full of challenges.
Before Maersk, he spent fifteen years with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation as a senior intelligence analyst, working across counterterrorism, counterintelligence, financial crime and organized crime; and with dozens of national security and intelligence services in Europe and the Americas to tackle transnational threats. He is a certified ISMI Security Management Professional (CSMP) and briefs C-suite, board-level audiences and external industry forums on global threat landscapes and intelligence-led risk and resilience strategies. (LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dagiordano/)
Corporate Security and Resilience Manager, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP (UK)
Head of Security and Resilience for Western Europe, BAT
Fabrizio Tararbra, MBA, CPP, CBCI, CSMP, ISC CC serves as Area Head of Security and Resilience for Western Europe at BAT, where he leads security strategy, resilience, crisis management, intelligence, investigations, and risk mitigation across a region spanning 23 countries. He is also currently a member of the ASIS International European Regional Board of Directors, contributing to the advancement of security leadership and professional development across Europe and globally.
With more than 20 years of experience spanning military special operations, intelligence, corporate security, crisis management, and organizational resilience, Fabrizio has successfully designed and led innovative, technology-enabled security programs across both public and private sectors. Combining an MBA with globally recognized certifications in Security (CPP, CSMP), Resilience (CBCI), and Cybersecurity (ISC² CC), he is a strong advocate for positioning security as a strategic business enabler that drives resilience, supports growth, and protects organizational value.
Prior to his corporate career, Fabrizio served as a Commander in the Italian Navy’s elite GOI (Gruppo Operativo Incursori) Special Forces. Today, he is recognized for his leadership in security transformation, operational excellence, security convergence, intelligence-led risk management, and the application of innovation and emerging technologies to address an increasingly complex global risk landscape.
Head of Global Security, Signify (The Netherlands)
Gal is a visionary leader with 39 years of security expertise both in the public and private sectors. In his current role at Signify he oversees physical security (security operations); Digital security (including Cyber) and Actionable Intelligence.
Managing Director, JMS Risk Solutions | Founder, CrossRisk (UK)
James is the Managing Director of JMS Risk Solutions and Founder of CrossRisk, drawing on two decades of operational and strategic leadership experience in security, risk, and resilience. He has held senior in-house leadership roles and advisory positions across national and international organisations, including global technology companies, major hotel groups, large-scale hospitality and leisure operations, and complex retail and supply chain environments.
Having built and led enterprise security, risk, and resilience capabilities within highly dynamic, fast-moving organisations, James brings a practical understanding of how businesses navigate operational complexity, organisational change, and uncertainty. He helps leaders make informed decisions by transforming complex and fragmented risk information into clear, actionable insight that supports commercial objectives and sustainable business performance.
James holds an MBA in Risk and Resilience, is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), and a BSI-certified Lead Implementer of ISO 27001 and ISO 22301.
Senior Director, GSOC Practice, Ontic (USA)
Jesse Friszell is the Senior Director, GSOC Practice at Ontic. In this role, he helps organizations design and operationalize modern Global Security Operations Center (GSOC), business continuity, and operational resilience programs. Friszell began his career in the U.S. Army, deploying to Iraq and Korea as an infantry non-commissioned officer. After earning a bachelor’s degree in History from Columbia University, he joined Goldman Sachs, where he supported business continuity during Hurricane Sandy and later led the firm’s Americas GSOC for more than four years. He subsequently held operational risk and business continuity leadership roles at Gemini and Blackstone, where he helped build and mature the firm’s GSOC while working across physical security, crisis management, regulatory compliance, and disaster recovery.
Global Head of Research, Seerist (UK)
As Global Head of Research at Seerist, Jesper Cullen spearheads the curation of all sources on the Seerist platform and partners with clients to build bespoke source collection plans. Jesper leads a team of researchers in the identification of networks of disinformation in an effort to help clients navigate an increasingly complicated and opaque media environment.
Before joining Seerist, Jesper was Head of SIAS Operations at The Risk Advisory Group, overseeing security intelligence analysis services and holding roles as Associate Director of Intelligence & Analysis and Senior Analyst. Earlier in his career, he worked as a journalist in East and Central Africa. He holds a Master of Science in Finance – Economic Policy from SOAS University of London and a Bachelor of Science in Commercial Law and Economics from Copenhagen Business School.
Chief Security Officer, Energinet (Denmark)
As Chief Security Officer at Energinet, Jim Terndrup works to protect critical energy infrastructure against an evolving security and threat landscape. His responsibilities include security strategy, physical security, risk and threat assessment, preparedness and crisis management. He brings more than 20 years of security experience from senior and operational roles across the public and private sectors.
Former Head of Security (Denmark)
Mr. Jorgen Ove Munk is a security leader known for turning complex risk landscapes into actionable resilience.
Currently Head of Security at Arla Foods, he steers enterprise security risk management with a pragmatic, outcomes-driven approach. His 26 years in the Danish Police – including heading the Criminal Investigation Department and leading intelligence operations – anchor his corporate leadership roles at Siemens, LEGO, and Arla, where he has built and scaled global security functions, crisis frameworks, and regional programs.
A former CSO at LEGO and Managing Director of LEGO Security Group under Kirkbi A/S,
Jorgen established LEGO Global Security from scratch, delivering robust governance and response capabilities.
A successful founder of CyclingPower.com, he brings start-up agility to complex organizations.
An active security networker, Jorgen speaks on resilience, threat-informed risk management, and building high-performance security teams that enable business growth.
CEO and founder of Sibylline (UK)
Justin is a military veteran with 25 years of full and part time experience. With degrees from the University of Durham and King’s College, London, he was initially a corporate finance analyst at JP Morgan Chase & Co before being called up for military service after 9/11. This started a security focused career that led to founding Sibylline. He continues to serve as a Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank commander with the Royal Wessex Yeomanry in the UK. His focus areas are global jihadism, the evolution of cyber and technical threats, and the creation of innovative and effective risk models. He is an acknowledged authority on business intelligence, global risk analysis and governance, the Vice President of the Association of International Risk Intelligence Professionals (AIRIP); a member of the UK Risk and Security Management Forum; on the steering group of the International Security Foundation; and mentors next generation military professionals starting in business through Heropreneurs. He has on-the-ground experience in over 65 countries and is a regular print and broadcast media commentator, as well as the author of Corporate Security Intelligence and Strategic Decision Making, the first work dedicated to the topic.
Head of Corporate Security, SAS (Sweden)
Maria Deronius is Head of Corporate Security at SAS and a strategic security leader with nearly three decades of experience across the public and private sectors.
Her work sits at the intersection of corporate governance, enterprise risk, resilience, and business strategy. Rather than viewing security as a standalone function, Maria focuses on helping organizations make better decisions in increasingly complex environments—where uncertainty is high, priorities compete, and resilience has become a business capability rather than a security objective.
A frequent speaker on leadership, resilience, and strategic security, Maria explores how today’s security leaders can create value by influencing decision-making, prioritizing what matters most, and placing people at the centre of security strategy.
Managing Director, Seneca Risk Consulting Ltd (Sierra Leone)
Mark is a vastly experienced global risk management professional. He has worked across multiple security disciplines, both corporate and commercial.
Following a whole military career, he spent 14 years’ operating internationally in the oil & gas sector.
Today, Mark runs a niche risk business for corporations and individuals focusing on East and West Africa.
Earlier this year, he conducted 7 evacuations from Sudan in a hectic 16-day window following the outbreak of civil war in Khartoum on 15-Apr 2023.
His talk at the conference is ‘Escape from Sudan’.
CEO, Convergent Risk (UK)
As a graduate in Philosophy, Mark served for 25 years as an officer in the Royal Marines, seeing commando service globally, spending much of his time planning and taking part in counter-terrorist operations and intelligence. On leaving military service, he was appointed as Chief Security Officer in Smiths Group, a FTSE-100 company, followed by similar jobs in Cadbury, Philipp Morris International, PwC and most recently CRH, the global building materials company. During this time, Mark has been directly involved in most global crises, conflicts and natural disasters that have taken place and is highly experienced in all aspects of resilience and problem solving, including crisis planning and response. He has global corporate security experience and his innovative and adaptable approach, has demonstrated on numerous occasions the real “value add” in the function. He is a proponent of the intelligence driven approach to security and has always enjoyed a close relationship as a trusted advisor to the executive teams and boards in the companies he has worked for. Most recently Mark has been intimately involved in the Ukraine crisis, having first visited the country during the Maidan uprising in 2014, to develop and implement the appropriate crisis and evacuation plans. He has been and continues to be a regular visitor to Ukraine ever since then and especially so since the full-scale invasion by Russia in 2022.
Head of Business Continuity and Resilience EMEA, Cantor Fitzgerald (UK)
Milena Maneva is a recognised resilience executive and strategic advisor with 17 years of experience helping global organisations strengthen resilience in an increasingly volatile world. As Head of Business Continuity & Resilience, EMEA at BGC Group and Cantor Fitzgerald, Founder of ResilienceArc, and Chair of several organisations, she advises senior executives and boards on enterprise resilience, crisis leadership, and strategic risk. Renowned for translating complex disruption into competitive advantage, Milena is a respected thought leader driving innovation, cross-sector collaboration, and the future of organisational resilience across global markets.
Head of Global Security and Business Resilience, A.P. Moller-Maersk (Denmark)
Mikael Balslev Rasmussen leads Global Security & Resilience across A.P. Moller – Maersk while being a member of their Top 300 Executive Management Team. He is a member of the European Institute for Corporate Security Management network (EICSM) as well as the Corporate Chief Resilience Officer (CCRO) network convened under the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). He is the former Head of Security and Risk at the media company Sky News Arabia and Danish retail company BESTSELLER , where he also served at the board of their insurance Captive. Finally, he is the former vice-chair of the Danish ASIS chapter while also a former member of the CSO ASIS network.
Geopolitical Risk | Intelligence | International Affairs | Global Security (USA)
Ned is the founder of Niebla Partners, a boutique geopolitical and security risk consulting firm. Prior to launching the firm, he managed a globally dispersed strategic intelligence team in support of a major technology company engaged in the hyper-scaling of data centers and artificial intelligence. He also led global intelligence and security programs for Transocean, a world leader in offshore drilling. Previously, as Geopolitical Risk Manager at American Airlines, he designed and implemented the enterprise geopolitical risk and security intelligence program. A recognized industry leader, Ned has served in a variety of leadership positions within the U.S. Department of State’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). His foundational career includes experience at Shell, the Inter-American Development Bank, the U.S. Congress, and Morgan Stanley. Ned received his B.A. in Political Science from McGill University in Montreal and his M.A. in International Affairs from American University in Washington, D.C., complemented by studies at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain. He is fluent in Spanish, proficient in French, and has traveled to over 100 countries.
Chief Executive Officer, Resolve B4 (Norway)
Global Fraud Detective and Author: Spent 25+ years finding and investigating fraud, resolving it humanely and getting others to do the same. Nigel Iyer (BSc, MA, ACA) is a Partner Resolve B4 (formerly B4 Investigate), co-founder of the Fraud Academy and a former Fellow of the University of Leicester School of Management where he launched the “Defense against the Commercial Dark Arts” Masters module. Today he works both practically with the recognition, resolution and removal of the cost of fraud and teaches widely on how to prevent and defend against of fraud and corruption. Since obtaining his degree in 1985 and qualifying as a UK Chartered Accountant, Nigel has worked passionately for over 20 years for the prevention, detection and investigation of fraud and corruption in industry, finance and the public sector. In recent years he has helped international and financial institutions develop strategies to ensure that Ethics and Integrity are fully integrated into the strategy from the top down. He has helped develop B4, a unique fraud and corruption risk assessment methodology to profile the occurrence and incidence of fraud and corruption, predict the type of frauds which are occurring, their impact and frequency. Nigel is the author/co-author of six books: Fraud Resistance (2003), Fraud and Corruption Prevention and Detection, “A Short Guide to Fraud Risk” (2010), published in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) the Management Novel “The Tightrope” (2011) and “How to Find Fraud and Corruption – Recipes for the Aspiring Fraud Detective” (2020) and Chapter 4 – Fraud 101 of “Calling out Covid (2021). He teaches at a number of institutions and business schools. Nigel writes and develops films, dramas and interactive multimedia training, all aimed at raising the awareness and managing the risk of Fraud and Corruption. Nigel also has a Masters in Screenwriting for Film and Television from the Royal Holloway College (London) and is the founder of “The Theatre of Corruption”. Reality-based Fraud Dramas he has co-written have been nominated amongst other things for the prestigious Hedda prize, plus been featured at the International Ibsen festival. Today he is working on a new book (a management novel called “the Fraud Detective Collective” together with Mike Haley, CEO of CIFAS).
President and Chairman, Defence and Security Forum (UK)
Lady Olga Maitland has wide experience in all major Governance, risk Management and Compliance issues in general and global Fraud and Corruption problems in particular. She is a special adviser to a number of dignitaries and a widely sought after speaker at all Major Conferences on several Corporate Governance issues. Lady Olga is a former British MP for the Conservative party. Prior to her political career she was a reporter for the Fleet Street News Agency, a columnist in the London.
Managing Director, Newrisk Limited and Visiting Professor, Imperial College, London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr Sally Leivesley is an independent advisor on risk to governments and companies and her role as managing director of Newrisk Limited (www. Newrisk.com) is to assess risks, run recovery operations and train and exercise in methods for protecting people and business from extreme incidents. It is an all- hazards approach and incorporates all industry and government activities. It requires a constant predictive element for ongoing risks for pre-emptive mitigation to reduce death and injury or extreme loss. At the catastrophic level ,this usually involves developing novel solutions or creating an environment where it is possible for solutions to be developed. Exercises are one of the techniques for testing vulnerability and for encouraging the capability of teams to work under seemingly overwhelming conditions.
Memberships include the Register of Security Engineers and Specialists (RSES) which has been established to promote excellence in security engineering and which was created by a partnership between the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA), and is administered by ICE. She has been a Visiting Security Science Fellow to the ISST, Imperial College, London 2024-25 and has run many international scientific workshops on catastrophic risks, security and innovation in this role and for other scientific groups.
Dr Leivesley’s contributions towards strategic security against Russian nuclear attacks in the UK commenced with in Cold War times from training as a Scientific Advisor with the British Home Office and working across all aspects of survival of the nation. At the operational security level she has designed and participated in many forms of exercise and training including pre-Olympics Games field and walk-through exercises in two countries and involving infrastructure, emergency responders and population protection from terrorism and chemical/biological threats, accidents and natural hazards. She has undertaken field exercises with large responder groups and infrastructure including power stations and power distribution, petrochemical sites, railways, bulk shipping, airports and manufacturing and remote exercises with financial sector and other sectors including utilities. Investigations have been undertaken in the three major nuclear reactor incidents and advice provided on effects on the public and protection for the business sector. Analysis has also been undertaken on mass casualty and high threat accidents involving transportation and the extraction industries and she has served as the risk adviser to a judicial inquiry.
Dr Leivesley is invited to act as an international media commentator by British and other international news outlets on incidents such as the 2025 Heathrow Airport transformer fire outage, 2024 Paris Olympics rail sabotage, 2023 Chinese spy balloon over USA nuclear missile site; cyber threats; terrorism; aviation losses including MH370; nuclear reactor disasters; South China Sea; Polonium-210 and Novichok poisonings, Beslan siege; Iran; DPRK; and Covid-19 – see www.newrisk.com.
Senior Vice President of Global Intelligence, AlertMedia (USA)
Sara Pratley is Senior Vice President of Global Intelligence for AlertMedia, a global emergency communication, threat intelligence, and travel risk management provider serving more than 3,500 customers in 150 countries. As the head of AlertMedia’s global intelligence organisation, Sara’s primary responsibility is directing its team of in-house intelligence analysts to identify and inform customers of global and local threats occurring near their people, locations, assets, and suppliers, curating and verifying information from thousands of sources.
Global Director, Business Resilience, Solventum (The Netherlands)
Sam is a global security and resilience leader with 17+ years of experience developing and leading security, risk and resilience programs for major multinational organizations.
Following an early career with Control Risks, she has held in-house security leadership roles at Google, Netflix and Solventum, where she currently leads the development of the global business resilience program.
Her expertise spans security strategy, global security operations, risk management, travel risk management, workplace violence prevention, business continuity and crisis management, with a strong focus on building programs that help organizations manage risk and strengthen operational resilience. Sam also brings extensive regional expertise in the Middle East and Africa, developed through many years of working, living and travelling across the region.
She holds a BA in French, Spanish and Portuguese from the University of Nottingham, an MA in International Relations from Queen Mary University of London, and CISSP and BCBI certifications.
Vice President, Client Solutions and Resilience, Samdesk
Tamara Byers is Vice President, Client Solutions & Resilience at samdesk, where she advises defence and government agencies and global enterprises on preparing for and responding to critical events. She partners with leaders across corporate security, public safety and global operations to turn real-time intelligence into timely, confident decisions and help keep operations running through disruption. With more than 15 years of experience leading global teams in security and enterprise technology, she speaks on resilience, crisis decision-making and the role of AI in security operations.
Senior Security Advisor, Chevron (UK)
Tim Badham has been a security advisor with Chevron since 2012. After overseas postings with Chevron to the US, Singapore, and Kazakhstan, he is now based in the UK, with a regional remit covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The role is broad, encompassing a spectrum of security disciplines from intelligence, risk and protective security through crisis management and corporate investigations. Following a corporate strategy shift in 2025, Tim has been been supporting the business explore and expand in frontier and challenging markets, which will be the focus of his talk. Prior to Chevron Tim was an Operations Manager at Control Risks covering southern Africa, following a 7-year career in a reconnaissance unit in the British Army.
Senior Director, International Security, Stryker (UK)
Toby has over 20 years of cross industry experience throughout the complete spectrum of security risk management; from service provision in high threat environments with global media corporations to corporate security for engineering and construction, oil and gas, financial services and currently medical technology.
Toby has experience across multiple corporate and social cultures with differing risk appetites having managed and mentored remote project security teams and country security managers while on assignment in the Middle East and America and now at home in London, UK.
Toby is threat driven, commercially minded and pragmatic; he delivers considered security leadership that is balanced, flexible and harnesses the sum of all parts by collaborating with business towers and achieving unity of effort through convergence across all support functions aligned to a company mission statement.
Toby lives in Sussex, England with his wife Jules and three children.
Senior Director, Global Security & Crisis Management, S&P Global (UAE)
Will joined S&P Global in June 2016 and is the Senior Director for Global Security & Crisis Management, based in Dubai.
In 2002, Will began his career as a British Army officer in a Reconnaissance Regiment, including multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as stints in East Africa and the elsewhere in the Middle East.
Prior to S&P, Will spent 4 years as the Business Development Director (APAC) for Drum Cussac (now Crisis 24), providing risk management solutions for organizations, working both on and offshore.
Will is a graduate from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Newcastle University and Manchester Business School and in 2023 completed an MBA at Quantic School of Business & Technology. He is the President of VALOR – an S&P Employee Resource Group for veterans and has been a Board Member of the Asia Crisis Security Group since 2020.
CISO
Security Director, EY (Germany)
Head of Corporate Security, Schaeffler Group (Germany)
Director, iFacts (South Africa)
Director, Head of Global Security, Terma (Denmark)
Director, Global Physical Security , Pandora A/S (Denmark)
Senior Intelligence-Geopolitical Analyst, Macquarie Group (US)
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Chief Intelligence Officer, Security Risk Management, Securitas (UK)
Mike leads the development of Intelligence across Securitas, including innovation, thought leadership, strategic client engagement, and long-term capability building.
Mike has worked at the intersection of intelligence, security and risk, from front line operations to strategic decision making, including nearly 15 years in corporate security, in addition to experience in consulting and public sector. He has spent my career turning insights into action to protect organizations of every industry, every size, in every part of the world.”
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Eurasia Analyst, Dragonfly from Dow Jones (UK)
Piotr Majda is an analyst on Dragonfly’s Europe and Eurasia desk, which he joined in 2024. He mainly focuses on Russia-Ukraine war coverage and leads Dragonfly’s Russian Hybrid Warfare database. Piotr has over three years of experience in academic-level research of the region, especially on Russia. Before joining Dragonfly, he is finalizing his PhD researching networks within Russian public procurement & informal governance at UCL SSEES in London. He previously worked with Transparency International – Russia and the European Markets and Securities Authority (ESMA).
Chief Security Officer & Strategic Partnerships, Dataminr
Group CISO, Finanzen.net Group (Germany)
Head of Major Case Squad, German Police (Germany)
Chief Security Officer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (US)
Cryptographer and former CISO of the ILO (Switzerland)
AlertMedia’s award-winning Risk Intelligence and Response platform helps organizations identify, assess, and respond to threats impacting their people, operations, and brand. By bringing together real-time threat intelligence, emergency communication, and response workflows into a single, unified system, AlertMedia enables teams to quickly understand what’s happening, evaluate impacts, and coordinate their response with confidence. AlertMedia is trusted by thousands of organizations—from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises, including DHL, JetBlue, and Walmart—across more than 150 countries.
Dataminr has created a revolutionary AI platform for discovering real-time events, risks, and threats in public data, providing global organizations and corporations with critical and actionable information. Its pioneering multi-modal fusion AI pulls from more than one million unique public data sources to synthesize terabytes of data spanning text, image, video, audio, and sensor signals for accurate, real-time event detection across 150+ languages and 220+ countries. Dataminr pushes the boundaries of real-time information with ReGenAI — an innovation that combines Predictive AI and Generative AI to describe breaking events and provide dynamic re-generating updates to events as they unfold. Powered by more than 50 proprietary large-language models, Dataminr delivers the earliest actionable information to enhance the security and resilience of organizations, infrastructure, and people.
Sibylline is an intelligence consultancy dedicated to helping security leaders identify opportunities and mitigate risks in their operating environments. We focus on risk, building resilience within organisations and helping them navigate environmental, social, and corporate governance. The firm provides trusted and expert advice to over 200 blue-chip and NGO clients, always focusing on adding value to daily operations as well as strategic and operational planning. Services range from geopolitical analysis and risk modelling through to investigations, training, consultancy on intelligence approaches, and the supply of fully turn-key embedded capability.
www.sibylline.co.uk | info@sibylline.co.uk | LinkedIn| Twitter | +44 (0) 20 3411 0697
Alert Enterprise is a global leader in Physical Identity & Access Management (PIAM), helping organizations transform physical security with unified, intelligent identity orchestration. For more than 20 years, we’ve delivered end-to-end services to Fortune 500 companies and highly regulated industries, with 400+ employees supporting customers worldwide.
Our Physical Security Transformation Platform manages the complete hire-to-retire lifecycle for employees, contractors, and visitors—sitting seamlessly on top of your existing physical access control systems, including Lenel, Honeywell, Genetec, C•CURE 9000, Nedap, Gallagher, PACOM, and more.
Our platform enables organizations to reduce security complexity, increase operational efficiency, and ensure compliance—while providing a frictionless user experience. By unifying physical security processes under one intelligent platform, we help security teams shift from reactive to proactive risk management.
Trusted by Visa, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, AIG, Adobe, Avangrid, Entergy, and more, Alert Enterprise delivers proven results in FinTech, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Nuclear, and Big Tech environments.
Security is no longer just about access—it’s about insight, automation, and transformation. With Alert Enterprise, you can protect people, assets, and reputation—intelligently and at scale.
As a world-leading safety and security solutions partner, Securitas sees what others miss. Since 1934, Securitas has defined – and redefined – the industry, evolving to meet and anticipate organizations’ needs. Today, we’re leading the industry’s digital transformation, and we remain committed to upholding our legacy of innovation and progress.
Restrata is a resilience software company helping organisations operate with confidence during disruption. From protecting people and managing incidents to maintaining day-to-day operations, resilienceOS connects visibility, intelligence, communications, and response into a single operational picture, so teams know what’s happening, who is affected and what to do next.
Built from the ground up by operators, resilienceOS combines trusted software, human expertise and ROSA, Restrata’s award-winning Operational AI, to accelerate decision-making while keeping people firmly in control. Trusted by 180+ organisations worldwide, including 7 of the world’s 10 largest energy companies, Restrata helps enterprises prepare better, respond faster and recover stronger.
Samdesk is an AI-powered unified situational awareness platform that helps security operations, risk intelligence, and related teams identify, understand, and respond to external threats spanning physical and cyber security in real time. Security teams are surrounded by signals. The challenge is knowing which events matter, who or what is affected, and what action to take. Samdesk combines industry-leading detection capabilities with AI trained by intelligence analysts to identify emerging risks as they unfold and turn them into context-rich operational insights. High-severity events are reviewed by samdesk’s 24/7 analyst team, adding human verification and operational context when accuracy, speed, and trust matter most. Each event is enriched with location intelligence, severity, relevance, and potential impact to people, assets, locations, routes, and operations.
Instead of adding another disconnected tool to the security stack, samdesk delivers real-time risk intelligence and response-ready context into the systems teams already use across communications, mapping, HR, travel, video, incident management, GRC, and operational response workflows.
For GSOCs, security operations, risk intelligence, travel risk, executive protection, and crisis response teams, samdesk collapses the time between event detection, impact assessment, and confident response.
Seerist, Inc. enables global corporations, governments, and organizations to navigate a volatile and uncertain world by preparing them for potential events that could disrupt operations. Trusted by more than 500 customers, including over 20% of the Fortune 500 and over 50 government agencies, Seerist combines cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)—parsing millions of data points—with expert human analysis built on decades of insight. With 10 global offices and a strategic partnership with Control Risks, Seerist delivers the foresight and clarity needed to make rapid, strategic, and reliable decisions when it matters most. To learn more, visit www.seerist.com
Ontic provides software that helps corporate and government security teams identify threats, assess risk, and respond faster to keep people and organisations safe. Its AI-powered Connected Intelligence Platform unifies security operations and data into a centralised system of record, enabling organisations to conduct risk assessments, support workplace safety and violence prevention, and manage threats and incidents more efficiently. Leading global companies and government organisations rely on Ontic to support security programmes such as executive protection, threat intelligence, and corporate investigations. Learn more at ontic.ai or follow us on LinkedIn.
The International SOS Group of Companies has been in the business of saving lives for over 40 years. Protecting global workforces from health and security threats, we deliver customised health, security risk management and wellbeing solutions to fuel our clients’ growth and productivity. In the event of extreme weather, an epidemic or a security incident, we provide an immediate response providing peace of mind. Our innovative technology and medical expertise with a focus on prevention, offers real-time, actionable insights and unparalleled on-the-ground delivery. We help clients meet compliance reporting needs for good governance. By partnering with us organisations can fulfil their Duty of Care responsibilities, while empowering business resilience, continuity and sustainability. Founded in 1985, the International SOS Group, headquartered in London & Singapore, is trusted by 9,000 organisations, including the majority of the Fortune Global 500 as well as mid-size enterprises, governments, educational institutions, and NGOs. 12,000 multi-cultural medical, security and logistics experts stand with you to provide support & assistance from over 1,200 locations in 90 countries, 24/7, 365 days.
Founded in April 2004, RightCrowd pioneered the Physical Identity & Access Management (PIAM) category with a vision to transform how enterprises secure their people, places, and assets. As organizational complexity and regulatory demands have grown, we’ve remained committed to one principle: enterprise-grade security requires automation, intelligence, and trust.
Today, RightCrowd is the global leader in PIAM and enterprise visitor management, safeguarding millions of identities and securing operations for Fortune 500 enterprises, critical infrastructure providers, and technology innovators worldwide. With over two decades of expertise, we have delivered some of the largest and most complex access governance deployments, validated by trusted relationships across industries where security is non-negotiable.
At the center of our portfolio is RightCrowd SmartAccess, a cloud-native PIAM platform that unifies employees, contractors, and visitors under compliance-grade governance. Embedded AI/ML capabilities automate workflows, provide predictive insights, and ensure real-time auditability—helping enterprises enforce policies, strengthen resilience, and reduce risk.
Dragonfly is a leading geopolitical and security intelligence service that helps organizations make informed decisions and manage risk. With over 25 years of experience, Dragonfly provides all-source, vetted intelligence and analysis tailored to clients’ specific needs, from strategic planning to crisis management. The company, which was acquired by Dow Jones in 2025, is trusted by over 200 organizations worldwide to help them navigate complex geopolitical trends and achieve their goals. Learn more: www.dowjones.com/business-intelligence/risk/products/dragonfly/
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beTravelwise specialises in Online Travel Safety & Workplace Security Training – we are the leading experts in this field.
We provide customised elearning courses and micro video topics to help staff learn how to mitigate common risks encountered at the workplace or while travelling.
Founded in 2015, beTravelwise is passionate about creating customized and engaging training content for their clients. We specialize in Online Travel Safety & Workplace Security Training and are the leading experts in this field. We have the pleasure of working with a diverse group of organisations across various industries globally, including the majority of the Fortune 500.
QCC Global was founded in 1999 and is the world’s largest and most advanced TSCM Services, Bug Sweeping, TSCM Equipment and Training, Digital Forensics and Mobile Phone Forensics company.
QCC Global owns by far the world’s largest & most advanced commercially held arsenal of TSCM equipment and has significantly more TSCM engineers than any other provider, all of whom hold current commercial and government vetting.
As the world’s largest Counter-eavesdropping company, QCC Global has a long and rich history in the Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM) and Cyber Forensics.
QCC Global is globally respected for our Pro Bono academic and technology contributions to the counter-surveillance, cyber forensics & information security sectors and for its efforts to raise standards wherever possible.
QCC Global mission is about “Keeping your business, your business”
In a crisis, you need control when it really counts. RAYVN is a SaaS solution for emergency response preparedness and management. Founded in 2016 based on the market need for a simple, intuitive and effective system to manage critical events, our co-founders saw the need to replace manual and complicated tools such as whiteboards, pen, and paper. Available on the web and via mobile app and in 8 languages, RAYVN provides organizations with the simple solution to prepare for and manage critical events. It’s a self-managed platform that lets customers administer their own accounts, users and templates. Supporting emergency response leaders and teams, CISO and IT teams as well as Health and Safety teams, C-level executive and business continuity leaders, RAYVN helps organizations prepare for and manage a wide range of critical events, including equipment failure, property damage, injured personnel, security or cyber attacks and shipping or transportation disruptions. RAYVN has over 850 customers and is used in over 90 countries. In 2023, RAYVN was selected by Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) as preferred supplier for emergency preparedness, risk assessment and critical event management for all of Norway, including 11 regional security organizations, the civil defense authorities and 356 municipalities and other government agencies.
Healix provides healthcare and risk management solutions around the world, offering bespoke services to clients who want control over their health, travel and risk provision.
Healix first began in 1992 when our founders, Dr Paul Beven and Dr Peter Mason, set up a medical assistance provider built on clinical expertise.
Today, Healix has expanded to bring risk management and healthcare services under one roof, giving our clients total peace of mind that we have the ability to fulfil their duty of care. We do it by providing a diverse suite of healthcare and risk management services, including security risk management, travel risk solutions, emergency assistance and medical support.
We maintain the highest ratio of clinically trained medical personnel in the managed health services industry. And our highly qualified team of global security specialists provides a proactive, customised approach to mitigating risk, ensuring the security of your people and resources.
Still independently owned, we’ve supported an impressive range of clients across corporate, insurance, government and not-for-profit sectors over the past three decades. Our focus is on creating flexible services that adapt to each client’s needs.
Founded in 1989, the Information Security Forum (ISF) is an independent organisation that is driven by its Members – ranging from Fortune 500 and Forbes 2000 listed corporations, to public-sector bodies and government departments.
Our business-driven solutions provide organisations with the guidance, tools and methodologies needed to tackle the wide-ranging governance, risk and compliance challenges impacting businesses around the world today.
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