Speakers

Manit Sahib, Ethical Hacker & Former Head of Penetration Testing & Red Teaming, Bank of England

Manit is an experienced offensive security expert who is certified by UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as well as His Majesty’s CESG Check scheme (HMG CHECK). He has over ten years professional experience in both UK Government and private offensive security operations. Formerly, Manit was the Head of Penetration Testing & Red Teaming at the... Bank of England. He is contracted to Global Fund.more

Fredrik Hertz, Financial Services Cybersecurity Lead, Consulting, EY Sweden

Fredrik Hertz is head of Cybersecurity consulting in the Financial Services sector for EY in Sweden. While his focus is banking and insurance, he has a broad background working with consumer products, technology, telecommunications, military services, and law enforcement during more than 20 years in cybersecurity consulting. His experience includes international multi-year... engagements as well as Nordic projects within the areas of data protection, security governance and operating models, product security, and cyber risk management. He is a strong believer of cybersecurity being a diverse competency combining threat and geopolitics, business process skills, regulatory understanding, technical prevention proficiency and not least sound risk management for prioritizing what to do.more

Jonathan Armstrong, Partner, Punter Southall Law

Jonathan is an experienced lawyer with a concentration on technology and compliance. His practice includes advising multinational companies on matters involving risk, compliance and technology across Europe. He has handled legal matters in more than 60 countries involving emerging technology, corporate governance, ethics code implementation, reputation, internal investigations,... marketing, branding and global privacy policies. Jonathan has counselled a range of clients on breach prevention, mitigation and response. He has also been particularly active in advising multi-national corporations on their response to the UK Bribery Act 2010 and its inter-relationship with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Jonathan is one of three co-authors of the LexisNexis definitive work on technology law, “Managing Risk: Technology & Communications”. He is a frequent broadcaster for the BBC and other channels and appeared on BBC News 24 as the studio guest on the Walport Review. In July 2023 Jonathan was appointed to the New York State Bar Association Presidential Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. Jonathan sits on the Task Force with leading practitioners, regulators, judges and academics to develop frameworks for the use and control of AI in the legal system.more

Björn Johrén, CISO, Max Matthiessen AB

Björn is the newly appointed CISO at Max Matthiessen. Prior to this he was the Data Protection Officer at Livförsäkringsbolaget Skandia, ömsesidigt; Försäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia, Skandiabanken, Skandia Investment Management and Skandia Fonder. i.e. for five organisations in Insurance, Banking, Investment Management and Fund Management. Björn has... previously many years of IT management consulting experience and worked for independent organisations as an IT Management consultant, having transitioned from a more technical role. This has created a good knowledge of the technical dilemmas, issues and possibilities and how the business can get the most out of their IT.more