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.

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.

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.

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.

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/)

David spent 27 years as a Military Intelligence Officer in the British Army, with operational tours in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Northern Ireland and Iraq. He also oversaw protective security operations for the UK-based Army.

He subsequently joined InterContinental Hotels Group as Global Director of Protective Intelligence before becoming Group Chief Security Officer, serving in that role for seven years. Following a period in security consulting, he worked with Indeed to develop and implement its global physical security risk and crisis management programmes.

David now works at global law firm HSF Kramer, designing, implementing and operating global security risk management and protective intelligence programmes.

Dom Chester leads strategic security programs for Equinix which protect people, assets, operations, and reputation across 21 markets in EMEA. Based in Amsterdam, he specializes in security risk management, geopolitical intelligence, crisis response, and executive stakeholder engagement. His approach combines operational expertise with strategic foresight, helping the organisation navigate rapidly evolving global security challenges while maintaining business resilience and continuity. Dom has worked in security risk for over 20 years with wide ranging experience of both tiin-house corporate roles and specialist consultant projects.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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).

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).

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.