9th CSO 360 Global Congress

Frank Gardner OBE
Security Correspondent
BBC
UK

Claire Campbell
Chief Security Officer
Moneycorp
USA

Dr. Jeffrey Maslanik
Senior Strategist of Vietnam and ASEAN
Bamboo Investment Partners
VIETNAM

Rachael Wohlenhaus
Global Security | Threat Intelligence Manager
General Mills
USA

Taner Gökcer
Deputy Head of DEA
Law Enforcement Germany
GERMANY

Regina Lombardo
Chief Security Officer, THE MET
Advisory Board, Kaseware
USA

Tim Badham
Security Advisor
Chevron
UK

Marie Harke
Europe Regional Security / Travel Security & Strategic Intelligence Corporate Security
Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
USA

Charles Page MBE
Director, Global Safety and Security
Palladium
UK

Simon Scales
Congress Chairperson

Opening Global Security Landscape Update:

Frank Gardner OBE, BBC Security Correspondent and Author

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 Saudi 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 on to 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.

Congress Chairperson:

Simon Scales

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.

Andy Cox

Partner, Control Risks - London

Andy is a Partner in Control Risks Security Risk Consulting business and delivers risk consulting services and business protection advice to clients across Europe and Africa as a Chartered Security Professional (CSyP). He advises on security transformation programmes, crisis management, and business continuity, helping organisations align security governance with strategic objectives. Andy regularly provides executive-level decision support during crises and disruptions, ensuring holistic response and recovery.

Andy has led major programmes for global corporations, from the financial services sector to technology and FMCG. He has also managed complex security programmes for giga-city developments in the Middle East, integrating operational security, continuity planning, and cross-city security services. Prior to joining Control Risks, Andy worked in Deloitte’s Resilience and Security practice and served as a British Army Officer, where he specialised in risk management, force integration, and leadership development.

Botan Osman

CEO, 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.

Claire Campbell

Chief Security Officer, Moneycorp (U.S.)

Multifaceted trilingual senior professional with over twenty years experience in risk mitigation, project management, foreign affairs and international security. Expertise in analytical writing, in-depth research, qualitative and quantitative evaluations, information delivery and collaboration. Cultivates extensive professional networks for information-gathering and benchmarking purposes.

Charles Page

Director of Global Safety and Security, Palladium (UK)

Charles Page is Palladium’s Director of Global Safety and Security, having worked with the company, in both project and corporate roles, for the past seven years. Palladium provides project management to clients across the globe, specialising in international development. Prior to Palladium, Charles served as a Brigadier in the British Army, operating in multiple countries and across a range of disciplines. At the Congress, he will talk through his practitioner views of Travel Risk Management, providing useful advice based on recent experiences.

Chris McGivern

Head of Investigations, Signpost Six (The Netherlands)

Chris is currently working as a Senior Adviser at Signpost Six, Europe’s leading Insider Risk company. He is also a guest lecturer at Leiden University, and a guest expert panellist, specialising in International Security, at the Utrecht School of Applied Science. Chris has co-authored academic articles, primarily focussing on evolving global threat. He was published for the first time in 2025.

Retiring from UK policing in 2024, he spent most of his career working within the UK’s national security community, including international postings to The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and latterly, Ukraine.

Cvete Koneska

Global Security Director, Information and Analysis, International SOS (UK)

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.

Cormac Mc Garry

Director, Control Risks - Paris

Cormac is part of a specialised analytical team dedicated to global, international and supranational issues. He is a global geopolitical risk analyst tasked with capturing overarching trends and how local/regional conflicts impact the rest of the world. He applies this expertise as a certified specialist within the maritime sector, assisting clients with issues such as piracy, war, and terrorism at sea. He has worked extensively with European companies on protecting themselves from Russian grey zone aggression offshore. He is an Adjunct Professor as SciencesPo Paris in France, regularly serves as an expert witness to arbitration tribunals, and features regularly in news media on behalf of Control Risks.

Cormac has previously worked as an Operations Manager in East Africa, coordinating land-based close protection, crisis response and special investigations. He also worked at the National Maritime College of Ireland, managing applied research projects with the Irish Naval Service and the broader European maritime community and served in the Irish Reserve Defence Forces as an NCO and artillery Gun Commander.

Florian Polt

Head of Group Security & Resilience, UNIQA Insurance Group (Germany)

Henry Wilkinson

Chief Intelligence Officer, Dragonfly (UK)

Henry Wilkinson is Chief Intelligence Officer at Dragonfly, a Dow Jones company and leading provider of geopolitical and global security intelligence. Independently ranked among the world’s top political risk advisory firms, Dragonfly serves hundreds of the world’s foremost companies, NGOs, intergovernmental agencies and public-sector organisations.

Henry leads Dragonfly’s team of analysts and advisory consultants, and is editor- and analyst-in-chief of its global output, responsible for methodology, editorial standards and intelligence delivery strategy. He specialises in geostrategic risk, conflict, international affairs and intelligence assessment.

Henry has been at the forefront of the political risk and security intelligence industry for two decades. He is widely recognised as an expert in crisis management and geopolitical analysis and independently rated as leading practitioner in the industry by Chambers.

Henry has spoken and presented at numerous conferences worldwide on security issues and geopolitical risks and been cited in outlets such as the New York Times, Financial Times, BBC, CNN and Bloomberg. He has given expert evidence to UK parliamentary committees and authored works published by the OECD and Lloyd’s of London. He holds a first-class honours degree in War Studies from King’s College London.

James Wood

Regional Security Director, Northern Europe, International SOS (UK)

James is our lead security professional in Northern Europe. In this role, James provides strategic security advice, guidance and support to our clients throughout the region on all aspects of our Security service delivery. Prior to this, James led our global Security Consulting Practice between 2019 and 2022, where he oversaw the security consulting support we provide our clients through our services, including consulting on Travel Risk Management, Crisis & Escalation Management, Security Incident Response, Business Continuity and Security Intelligence. He also professionally led a team of 35 security experts who focus on expert consulting engagements with clients in their geographic regions of responsibility, as well as thought leadership, operational delivery and oversight and delivery of our solutions.

A certified Business Continuity expert through the Business Continuity Institute, James joined International SOS in May 2011 as Coordinating Security Manager for the Asia Pacific region before moving to the Europe Regional Security Center, with a focus on Europe, Central Asia and West & Maghreb Africa. As part of this role, James also oversaw the business continuity of the 24/7 team, ensuring continuous service and support to our clients, developing, and refining processes to meet our clients’ needs.

Prior to joining International SOS, James was a police officer with Thames Valley Police, UK. Having spent time as a uniformed officer in Oxfordshire dealing with incidents ranging from large scale protests to murders, he then moved to a specialist detective unit investigating acquisitive crime throughout the southeast of England. While in this post he also organized and conducted surveillance, investigation, and disruption operations, gathering intelligence and targeting Organized Crime groups throughout the Thames Valley area and with other UK police services.

James has a BA (Hons) in French and History from the University of Warwick, specializing in French foreign policy and American politics and is a member of both the Security Institute and the Business Continuity Institute.

James Mason

Attack Simulation, NCC Group (UK)

James has social engineered and physically breached some of the world’s largest and sensitive organisations. This talk includes real-world findings and lessons learned, and how he has tricked his way into some of the world’s largest and sensitive environments. A passionate advocate of attack simulation exercising to rapidly increase enterprise resilience, while reducing major and critical risk.

James Towndrow

Regional Intelligence Analyst ECIS, Healix (UK)

James was born and raised in the United Kingdom, obtaining a BSc in History and an MSc in International Business Management at Newcastle University. After graduating in 2021, James spent time working for the pro-bono political risk advisory London Politica. Since joining Healix, James has worked as an intelligence analyst overseeing the Europe CIS region, with a particular interest in the conflict in Ukraine.

Dr. Jeffrey Maslanik

Senior Strategist of Vietnam and ASEAN, Bamboo Investment Partners (Vietnam)

Jeffrey Maslanik, PhD is a senior strategist at Bamboo Investment Partners, where he focuses on ASEAN markets and investment strategy. Before joining Bamboo, he worked across various functions in security and intelligence at Macquarie Group.

Jorgen Ove Munk

Head of Security, Arla Foods (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.

Justin Crump

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.

Luke Westgarth-Taylor

Director - Risk and Resilience Consulting, Healix (UK)

Luke joined Healix in 2020 and oversees the delivery of our risk and resilience consultancy services, as well as leading protective details in the field and coordinating large-scale evacuation and crisis response operations. Previously, he served over a decade in the South African Police Service and founded private tactical units in Cape Town before working in Iraq as a PSD Team Leader and Site Security Manager. In addition to his operational roles, Luke served as an instructor for the Ronin SA High Risk Close Protection course. Luke also recently won the ISJ Leaders in Security award for Crisis and Incident Management, for the work he did managing evacuations out of Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Sudan.

Marie Harke

Europe Regional Security / Travel Security and Strategic Intelligence Corporate Security, Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (USA)

With over eight years of experience, Marie has subject-matter expertise in travel security, strategic intelligence, crisis management, and geopolitical risk analysis. During her tenure at Bridgestone Americas Inc., she has spearheaded the creation of a comprehensive Travel Risk Management program, played a key role in planning and executing major event security operations for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, and is currently leading the development of a regional Corporate Security framework across Europe. In her previous role, Marie was instrumental in establishing a 24/7 Global Security Operations Center, driving geopolitical analysis initiatives across EMEA and North America, and supporting the implementation of enterprise-wide crisis management protocols. Marie holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Double Major in German from Michigan State University.

Mark Reading

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’.

Michael Beaupre

3X Global CISO / Founder RpC Services (Germany)

Michael is a technology leader with 28+ years of experience guiding international organizations, businesses, and mid-sized firms. He is a thought leader in cybersecurity, risk management, and IT compliance with over a decade of experience as a CISO.

Michael is focused on advising businesses worldwide, ranging from 20 to 220,000 employees and has led diverse organizations in 14 industries saving over 100 million in costs.

Passionate about mentorship, he’s from the USA, based in Germany, and committed to helping CISOs see their families more by building strong coalitions of international partners.

Mark Wolsey

Head of Global Security, CRH (UK)

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.

Meredith Wilson

CEO, Emergent Risk International (US)

Meredith Wilson is the Founder and CEO of Emergent Risk International, LLC, which empowers companies to understand and address the impact of geopolitical events on their business. The company specializes in addressing risks and opportunities in emerging markets, political and security risk, and building strategic risk intelligence programs for multi-national companies and organizations. ERI provides consulting, training and advice to some of the largest multi-national companies in the US.

Ms. Wilson serves as a political risk and intelligence advisor to executive management and government and has more than 20 years experience in international environments, the energy sector, major corporations and the US intelligence community. Before founding Emergent Risk International, Ms. Wilson worked at the Pentagon for the US Defense Intelligence Agency. In 2007 she moved to the private sector to build a strategic intelligence program at ConocoPhillips. Subsequently she worked in regulatory affairs before moving on to Kosmos Energy to develop a political risk program. She served as a business intelligence advisor to the National Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology and provides briefings to executives and members of the USG and US military. She is a cofounder of the Private Sector Intelligence Council (PSIC), a member of the Board of Directors for the Association for International Risk and Intelligence Professionals (AIRIP), and an Advisory Board member for the Southeastern Analysts’ Roundtable. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and a Masters Degree in History. Ms. Wilson has lived and worked in Australia, the UK, Ireland, Vietnam and Malaysia. She also has extensive experience working in the Middle East and Africa. She is available for speaking engagements related to geopolitical events and utilizing intelligence to build better business strategy.

Dr. Michael Bender

Senior Manager Intelligence - Global Security, Macquarie Group (U.S.)

Michael is a Senior Intelligence Analyst for Macquarie USA. He possesses a PhD in International Relations and Politics from Florida International University with a background in global security issues, the geopolitics of the Middle East and South Asia, and emerging (political, security) threats to O&G markets. Michael is a member of the OSAC: Energy Sector Committee (ESC) steering committee member and has 10+ years of experience in the analysing, writing, and educating on issues related to geopolitics and international security. Prior to working for Macquarie, Michael held positions in academia, political risk analysis and as a researcher at a DC-based, policy think-tank.

Nathan Puffer

Senior Vice President, Risk & Resilience, Dow Jones (UK)

As Senior Vice President for Risk & Resilience at Dow Jones, Nathan guides the business, The Wall Street Journal, and the company’s other publications, through a broad range of risks in support of corporate strategy and the sustainability of truth for decision makers and a free press around the world.

Before joining Dow Jones, Nathan led a national security firm providing solutions to the US government and other clients on several continents. After serving in the US Marines, he worked for a number of prominent think tanks focusing on US policy toward Russia and Eurasia and participates in a number of fellowship and advisory bodies.

Ned Farmer

Senior Strategic Intelligence Analyst Emergent Risk International (U.S.)

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

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.

Ori Mor

CRO, MAX Security Solutions (Israel)

Ori holds a BA in History and Communications and after four years in the IDF’s Special K-9 unit, he went through Anti-Terrorism training and became a security team leader in the Director of Security of the Defense Establishment, gaining vast knowledge from the ground up. He joined MAX in 2018, working together with MAX’s Operations, Intelligence, and Consulting Divisions, supporting clients’ activity during routine and emergency situations worldwide.

Patrick Kane

Senior Director Security, Atlas Air (US)

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.

Phil Pate

VP & GM EMEA, AlertMedia (UK)

Phil Pate is Vice President and General Manager for EMEA at AlertMedia, a global leader in emergency communication and threat intelligence solutions.
Since joining the company in 2024, he has spearheaded AlertMedia’s expansion across Europe, establishing a new London office to meet growing regional demand for proactive risk management, crisis response and communications solutions.
Phil brings over two decades of experience in go-to-market leadership and regularly shares industry perspectives at major conferences and events.

Air Commodore (Rtd). Peter Drissell

Director Aviation Security, Civil Aviation Authority (UK)

Appointed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as its first Director of Aviation Security in 2013 and led the transition of operational aviation security functions from the Department for Transport (DfT) to the CAA on 1st April 2014. He previously served as Director of Security & Business Continuity for the Home Office for 5 years. Prior to this, Peter had served for 32 years in the Royal Air Force from which he retired as an Air Commodore in April 2007. His last appointments were as Provost Marshal for the RAF and Commandant General of the Royal Air Force Regiment. Peter was recently was appointed Honorary Air Commodore of 2624 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

Rebecca Jones

Director of Client Success, Sibylline (Switzerland)

Rebecca Jones is the Director of Client Success at Sibylline. Based in Switzerland, Rebecca joined Sibylline in 2024 and is responsible for sales and client services. Rebecca is passionate about connecting with clients and working collaboratively with them to develop cutting-edge and insightful products and services.

Before joining the firm, Rebecca had a wide-ranging career during which she gained unique global expertise in strategy, technology, defence and intelligence. Her experience includes co-founding AI company Pyrra Technologies (US), serving as Head of Strategy Implementation for Airbus Defence and Space (Germany), working as General Manager for IMA Asia (Singapore) and operating as an intelligence analyst for the Australian government.

Rebecca maintains influential positions in the defence and security community, holding board seats at Pyrra Technologies and the Atlantic Council Millennium Fellowship Program. Rebecca holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in International Studies from the University of Adelaide (Australia) and is an Executive MBA lecturer at the Institute of Finance and Management in Geneva (Switzerland).

Rachael Wohlenhaus

Global Security | Threat Intelligence Manager, General Mills (USA)

Robert Aldous

Chief Customer Officer, Solace Global (UK)

An award-winning risk and innovation leader, Robert has a successful military officer background prior to establishing a career within risk & security management industry supporting FTSE 50 organisations with risk transformation, GSOC solution development and more recently, (2023) the creation of an award-winning enterprise governance, risk and compliance platform for a global insurance company based in Asia.

Dr Sally Leivesley

Managing Director Newrisk Limited, London and Member of the Register of Security Engineers and Specialists

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.

Sara Pratley

Senior Vice President of Global Intelligence, AlertMedia

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.

Sam Roper

Regional Security Lead, Solventum (The Netherlands)

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.

Ing. Salpi Stojan

Cybersecurity Project Manager, Vivicta (Czech Republic)

Salpi Stojan is a Cybersecurity Project Manager in the Security Operations Center, leading projects from SIEM deployments and MDR/XDR integration to threat monitoring, incident response, and security governance. She’s known for turning security goals into practical outcomes and for scheduling 15-minute meetings at quirky times like 14:55 to keep things efficient and engaging.
Originally from Istanbul and now based in the Czech Republic, Salpi has lived across Europe, travelled to 20+ countries, and speaks five languages fluently. With a Master’s degree in Business Management and a Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering, she blends analytical thinking with cross-cultural insight. A part-time cybersecurity professional and full-time mom, she mentors through Women4Cyber and never stops learning. Outside of work, she enjoys nature walks, languages, and scammer-baiting videos to explore the psychology behind social engineering.

Shari Bradnick

Head of Customer Success, Solace Global (UK)

Since joining Solace in 2015, Shari has supported leadership across operations and intelligence, delivering travel risk and duty of care solutions to global clients. She leads onboarding, drives adoption of our platform, and provides training on traveller safety and risk awareness.

Sole Timo Jørgensen

Regional Director, Dataminr (Denmark)

Sole Jørgensen specializes in real-time information and security intelligence. At Dataminr, he advises global organizations on how to use advanced AI-driven alerting to identify early indicators of emerging threats, improve crisis preparedness, and strengthen operational resilience. He works closely with security, risk, and intelligence teams to enhance their ability to respond faster and more effectively to unfolding global events.

Stephen Delp

VP, Kaseware (USA)

Stephen Delp is a U.S. Army veteran and public safety technology leader with over 15 years of experience helping law enforcement, militaries, private security, and government agencies modernize their investigative programs, intelligence collection and analysis processes, incident management, response planning, reporting and operational workflows. As Vice President of Sales at Kaseware, he leads strategic growth initiatives around the world that connect mission-driven teams with technology built to serve them. Stephen brings a deep understanding of both operational field needs and enterprise software solutions, shaped by his military background and work across account management, customer success, and public safety innovation.

Taner Gökcer

Deputy Head of Drug Investigations (Germany)

Taner currently serves as deputy head of drug investigations in Germany. Working nearly 20 years in law enforcement investigation, prosecution and hazard management, Taner’s experience has also seen him in different departments inter alia dealing with property and major case crimes.

Tim Badham

Senior Security Advisor, Chevron (UK)

Tim Badham has been a security advisor with Chevron since 2012, with a short sabbatical in 2024. After several overseas postings with Chevron, he is now based in London, with a regional remit covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. While the role is broad, encompassing a spectrum of security disciplines from intelligence, risk and protective security through crisis management and corporate investigations, a recent focus has been supporting the business explore and expand in frontier markets, which will be the focus of his talk. The talk will discuss lessons learnt and challenges as well as give some thoughts to the vendor partnerships that support success. Prior to Chevron Tim was an Operations Manager at Control Risks covering southern Africa, following a 7-year career in the British Army in a reconnaissance unit.

Toby Harding

Senior Director, International Security, Stryker (UK)

Will Jelf

Regional Security Director, 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.