Ashu is a Corporate Investigator with 25 years of experience in Mining, Banking, Law Enforcement, and the UK Regulatory sector. Working internationally, Ashu led on significant investigations with global remit. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Compliance and Ethics Practitioner,  and is a category A liaison advisor for the International Organization for Standardization. In addition to leading special investigations for a global mining company, he is also Chief Strategy Officer for the Association of Corporate Investigators.

Senior level cybersecurity expert with over 20 years of proven experience in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Information Technology, and IT Management. Passion for helping customers understand complex technology solutions in order to protect High-Value Assets. He leads efforts to help customers combat third-party risk management challenges and drives product delivery methods across the Mastercard Cybersecurity solution set.

Dan Pearce is a leading voice at the intersection of technology and public safety. As Dataminr’s Vice President of Public Sector for EMEA, he drives the application of real-time AI to dramatically accelerate intelligence and solve the complex challenges facing governments, police forces, and national security organisations.

Before joining Dataminr, Dan dedicated two decades to UK law enforcement, where he became a foundational figure in the development of analysis, digital intelligence, and OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence). His pioneering approach, established as early as 2005, transformed how police services leverage public data. As national lead for analysis, OSINT, and digital intelligence within National Counter Terrorism Policing, he built and guided high-performing teams, directed two of the largest national programmes, and led critical responses, including the security of the London Olympics. Recognized globally, Dan has worked, spoken, and consulted internationally on OSINT, digital, and CT, and chaired multiple international working groups. He now applies this unique experience in large-scale digital transformation to help public sector organizations navigate the evolving information landscape.

Hussein is Shell’s Regional Corporate Relations Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa, supporting the company’s regional growth agenda by providing geopolitical advice to the business and managing government engagement, including supporting country entries, new projects, as well as divestments. Hussein has a background in various Risk Intelligence roles across government and corporate sector.

Hannah has overall responsibility for ERI’s intelligence and analysis teams. She has over a decade of experience working in geopolitical and security risk. Before joining ERI in early 2025, Hannah managed a large multicultural intelligence team at a security and political risk firm. Hannah is an empathetic and decisive leader, with an unrelenting focus on iterative development and efficiency. She has also led a MENA-focused due diligence research team, and her analytical background is in that region.  An Arabic speaker, she has a degree in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Cambridge.

John leads Crisis and Operational Risk at Dragonfly, where he is responsible for crisis planning intelligence analysis and oversees TerrorismTracker, Dragonfly’s global terrorism monitoring and analysis platform. He previously worked as a lead analyst on Sub-Saharan Africa and has over 15 years’ experience in security risk analysis and crisis response.
Before joining Dragonfly, John managed intelligence training for new analysts in the British Army and served at the UK’s crisis response headquarters, developing intelligence-led plans for global emergencies. His field experience includes deployments across the Middle East and Afghanistan, where he supported counter-insurgency operations, and humanitarian missions in the Caribbean. He has conducted on-the-ground assessments in multiple African countries.
John holds an MA in Intelligence and International Relations from Staffordshire University.
Expertise:

• Crisis risk and management
• Global terrorism
• Conventional warfare
• Asymmetric warfare
• Disaster relief
• Political and security issues in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Intelligence analysis processes and methodology

May Brooks-Kempler is a cybersecurity expert whose career began in the 1990s, exploring the realms of game “cheats” and “hacks” on IRC chats. This early fascination led her through a distinguished journey in cybersecurity, from Penetration Testing to becoming a Security Architect and eventually a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Today, she is a highly sought-after strategic consultant, speaker, and mentor, known for her dynamic involvement in developing and promoting innovative cybersecurity initiatives and guiding startups.

May’s expertise and engaging delivery have made her a favourite at numerous speaking engagements, including a TEDx talk, keynotes, and as a commentator on critical cybersecurity issues. Her role as a podcaster further amplifies her reach, where she shares vital security insights with a global audience.

As a member of the ISC2 Board of Directors, an authorized CISSP instructor, and a co-author, May’s dedication to advancing the cybersecurity profession is unmistakable. Her upcoming book, “Think Safe Cyber – The Ultimate Guide to Online Safety,” and her online courses, reflect her commitment to making the digital world a safer place for all, especially families, as underscored by her personal mission as a mother of three.

Through her extensive experience and influential voice in the field, May Brooks-Kempler continues to shape the future of online safety, making her a pivotal figure in the world of cybersecurity education and advocacy.

Malcolm Smith, CPP, CFE, SHRM-SCP, is a global security and public safety leader with over three decades of executive experience across oil & gas, banking, FMCG, defense, law enforcement, government, and cultural sectors. Malcolm is the Senior Executive Function at Al Haffa Consulting. He also serves as Director of Public Safety Excellence at the Royal Commission for AlUla. Malcolm has led security functions for global organizations including Old Mutual, Shell, Diageo, Nedbank, Sasol, and Qatar Museums.
In addition to his executive roles, Malcolm has held distinguished leadership positions with ASIS International, serving as Global President in 2022 and chairing multiple governance committees. A Henley Executive MBA graduate and LL.B. holder, he is a thought-leader and board level advisor on enterprise security risk management, emergency management, leadership development, giga projects and public safety transformation.
Malcolm is a recognized management consultant, trainer, coach and mentor.
He is passionate about advancing global security standards, supporting organizational objectives, and mentoring the next generation of security leaders.

Megan Sutcliffe is the Principal Analyst for the Middle East and Africa at Sibylline, where she leads analysis on regional security and geopolitical developments. She has reported extensively on the Israel-Hamas, Israel-Hezbollah, and Israel-Iran wars, and contributes to Sibylline’s Sub-Saharan Africa desk, where she tracks jihadist activity in the Sahel and provides in-depth assessments of conflicts across the continent.

Megan is a frequent commentator for international broadcasters, appearing on BBC News, BBC Verify, and CBC. She also contributes regularly to Sibylline’s Insights and What Just Happened podcasts, as well as online briefings for global clients. In her role, Megan routinely briefs executives and C-suite leaders across the aviation, hospitality, retail, energy, pharmaceuticals, technology, and finance sectors, providing expert advice on the geopolitical risks most critical to global strategy and operations.

Ned currently manages a globally dispersed strategic intelligence team, embedded with a major technology company. Before joining ERI, Ned led global intelligence for Transocean, a world leader in offshore drilling. Prior to that, as Geopolitical Risk Manager at American Airlines, he designed and implemented the geopolitical risk and security intelligence program; Ned has also served in a variety of leadership positions within the US State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC).

 Ned has previously worked at Royal Dutch Shell, the Inter-American Development Bank, the US 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, DC. He also studied at the Universidad de Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain. He is fluent in Spanish, proficient in French, and has traveled to over 100 countries.

Lady Olga Maitland, Chairman of the Board at Algeria British Business Council; President, Defence and Security Forum; Board Advisor

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.

Patrick Kane is Senior Director Security for Atlas Air, a US airline conducting cargo and public/private passenger operations worldwide.  Patrick is heavily focused on developing and implementing mitigation measures to support a highly mobile global workforce and multiple travelers, to include pre-travel risk assessments, coordinating secure transportation and journey management, assessing hotel and transportation options.

Patrick currently serves as the Chair of the ASIS International Santa Barbara Ventura Chapter #21 and is the President of the Corporate Executive Protection Leadership Council (CEPLC).  He recently spearheaded the creation of a Travel Risk Working Group within ASIS International. Patrick is also the past Chair and Chair Emeritus of the OSAC Aviation Security Working Group.  He has over 20 years of experience working in private sector corporate security; most of that time focused on international operations and has personal experience on the ground in more than 70 countries.

Since 1996 Patrick has been a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) in good standing under the auspices of ASIS International.  He received an International Executive MBA from Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain in 2004. Prior to entering the private sector, Patrick served as an infantry officer in the US Marine Corps.  He welcomes questions, comments and suggestions and he can be reached at patrick.kane@atlasair.com or patrick.kane.cpp@gmail.com .

Steve is a cybersecurity and risk adviser to several leading enterprises, as well as a security contributor to ABC News and an honorary professor at King’s College, London. He was previously Group CISO at Credit Suisse and, before that, their global head of technology, cyber and third party risk management. He retired from the UK government in 2017, where he had served as Deputy Director responsible for cyber in the National Security Secretariat in the Cabinet Office and in various national security roles for over 30 years (including in the British Embassy, Dubai). He graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge.

Dr Sally Leivesley is interested in all catastrophic risks to people, infrastructure cyber security and to the stability of organisations and governments – see www. Newrisk.com, Sally@newrisk.com.

She is a former Scientific Advisor for all-out nuclear attack protection of the public, infrastructure and government and was trained by the British Home Office during the Cold War.

She commenced her career in Australia working across petrochemicals, oil and gas and mining infrastructure and worked on resilience of power generation and distribution, railways mainline and underground, bulk shipping, banking and other areas of critical industry. She has spoken at many international events on energy security including EIS industry meeting in the Capitol Building Washington and to the Baker Institute on catastrophic supply chain risks.

In Australia she was the first civilian director of a disaster recovery unit and held government appointments for reforms of emergency services and health and safety.

She has been contracted on nuclear power plant incidents – TMI, Chernobyl and Fukushima and as an international media commentator for BBC World Service and other news outlets. She has commentated on the 2023 Chinese spy balloon over USA nuclear missile site, uranium package at London Heathrow airport, cyber; terrorism; aviation losses; nuclear reactor disasters; South China Sea; Polonium-210 and Novichok poisonings, Beslan siege; Iran; DPRK; Covid-19, unexplained incidents such as MH370 and chemical incidents.

In cyber and physical security she has worked closely with governments and emergency services in the design and execution of large field exercises, table tops and board level exercises. In recent years she has chaired international scientific meetings on risks of emerging nuclear weapons, Covid-19, infrastructure resilience and hazardous near-earth objects. She has worked on a small panel of advisers for the UK government supported publications on cyber security in the built environment and served in the community of interest of the Information Assurance Advisory Council.

Dr Leivesley holds memberships with the Register of Security Engineers and Specialists, the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators, and the Royal United Services institute for Defence Studies.