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.

David is a senior security leader in global financial services, the regional Head of Physical Security leading strategy, crisis response, and regional programmes.

He is an exited founder and advisor to growth companies in deep tech. Veteran and dual US UK citizen.

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/)

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.      

Sam is an experienced security leader with 15+ years in the industry. She started her career at Control Risks, before moving to in-house roles at Google, Netflix and, most recently, Solventum where she oversees all aspects of the corporate security program for employees, facilities and assets in EMEA. Sam has built up a wealth of knowledge in security operations & strategy, risk management, travel security, workplace violence prevention and crisis management. A large part of her career has focused on the Middle East and Africa and she has extensive experience having worked, lived and travelled across the region. She has a BA in French, Spanish & Portuguese from the University of Nottingham and a MA in International Relations from Queen Mary, University of London.

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.