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.

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, advising organisations on strategic risk management, governance, and the design of sustainable enterprise security and resilience capabilities.

Beginning his career in the military before moving into private security and diplomatic protection, James later transitioned into corporate security. Over the course of two decades, he has held senior leadership roles spanning security, risk, and resilience across global technology platforms, major hotel groups, large-scale hospitality operations, and complex retail and supply chain environments.

Having built and led enterprise security, risk, and resilience capabilities from the ground up within highly complex, fast-moving environments, James brings a practical understanding of how organisations navigate operational complexity, organisational change, and heightened uncertainty. He helps leaders make better decisions by transforming fragmented risk information into clear, structured, and actionable insights that align risk considerations with commercial objectives.

Alongside his advisory work, James serves as the UK Hub President of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM), contributing to the advancement of the profession through innovation, collaboration, thought leadership, and knowledge sharing.

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’.

After 25 years’ service as an officer in the Royal Marines, Mark made the transition into Corporate Security in 2006. He has been the Director of Global Security at Smiths Group, Cadbury, Philip Morris International and PwC before taking up their present position as Group Security Director at CRH.

Specialties: Security of People, property, information and reputation. All levels of investigation (including fraud and corruption), risk assessment and mitigation, contingency planning, crisis management, business intelligence and business continuity.

Milena Maneva, Head of BC & Resilience, BGC Group & Cantor Fitzgerald Milena is a recognised thought leader in resilience with over 16 years of experience across financial services, brokerage, law, and real estate. Her expertise spans business continuity, crisis management, risk governance, and enterprise resilience. Passionate about unlocking potential, she champions preparedness, adaptability, and collaboration to build resilient organisations and leaders.

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.