Speakers

Duong Anders Le, CISO, Jyske Bank

Duong Anders Le is the CISO at Jyske Bank and has held this position since March 2018. Prior to this he worked at various organizations, including Danske Bank, Danske Commodities, and Danske Bank Group. He has extensive expertise in IT risk management, operational risk management, and security management and has actively contributed to the financial sector through... involvement in organizations like the European Banking Federation, Finans Danmark, Center for Cybersikkerhed, and Danmarks Nationalbank.
Duong has a degree in Engineering. He has continually added to his academic achievements including participation in various leadership programmes, with Service Excellence Leadership at CBS Executive Fonden being the latest.more

Evgenia Schou Christensen, Deputy CISO, Saxo Bank

Evgenia is the Deputy CISO at Saxo Bank, where she has been leading key cybersecurity and data protection teams and domains for 11 years. With over a decade of experience in the financial and investment banking sector, Evgenia is a seasoned leader in cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection.
Her expertise spans cybersecurity, risk management, supply chain and... vendor risk management, data protection, and identity and access management. Evgenia's work is distinguished by a global perspective, ensuring that Saxo Bank remains at the forefront of security in an increasingly complex digital landscape.more

Henrik Løth Thiesen, Vice President, Cyber Strategy & Commercialization, Vestas

As a Senior Management profile, I have a proven track record in enabling Organizations to be successful; this has been demonstrated across Sectors and within global Organizations. I bring a mature and unique set of skills, a solid business acumen, and empathic and thought leadership.

After having had the luxury of working across several domains,... I have found my home within Cybersecurity, and I need to be crisp here. For me Cybersecurity is about understanding the true threats against the entity, understanding the weaknesses, as well as the financial impacts if such should materialize. This information allows for me to have a strategic and informed dialogue with top management, leading to risk informed decisions, as well as funded cyber strategies and change programs. 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

Sabrina Jense, Information Security Officer, Too Good to Go

Sabrina Jense is the Information Security Officer at Too Good to Go — a certified B Corp social impact company with 85 million registered users and 150,000 active partners in 17 countries across Europe and North America.  Prior to this she was compliance manager at Easy Translate where she worked since 2018 in various roles. She has a MSc from Copenhagen Business... School.
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Ann-Sophie Baardesøe Barrington, Cybersecurity Lead, Aller Corporation

Ann-Sophie is an established professional with over a decade of leadership experience. She has worked on both sides of the IT/business divide and has extensive experience helping C-level executives and senior management leverage technology to enable business strategy and corporate vision. Ann-Sophie spent her early career within the field of consumer-based Management... Consulting delivering complex solutions for National and Nordic clients.  Ann-Sophie currently leads cyber security across the Aller Corporation with her main responsibility being the continuous implementation and adaptation of the corporation’s Nordic Cyber Security Program.   She demonstrates excessive functional acumen to support how solutions will address business goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices, as well as having a constant focus on setting and continually managing project and program expectations, with comprehensive understanding of interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs.  more

James Tasnadi, SVP, Head of Cyber & Tech, Lockton Denmark

James has more than 13 years’ experience within the insurance industry working across the Nordics countries. Being a project and risk manager and later specialized cyber and Tech E&O underwriter by background, he has extensive knowledge and understanding of IT risk management, as well as hands-on technical experience with assessment of cyber- and professional... indemnity exposure. 
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Christian Brünniche Lund, CISO, Demant

Christian has +12 years of experience as CISO in the medical device manufacturing and finance sectors. Christian is a passionate speaker always seeking to make complex topics more accessible through storytelling and illustrations. He holds various IT and OT security certifications, including CISSP-ISSAP, GICSP, CSSLP, CCSP, CISM, and CRISC.Demant is a world-leading... hearing healthcare group that help people with hearing loss connect and communicate with the world around them, from hearing devices and hearing implants and diagnostic equipment to intelligent audio solutions and hearing care.more

Hanne M. Hansen, Senior Security Partner, Novo Nordisk

Hanne is the Senior Security Partner at Novo Nordisk, a leading global healthcare company, and former Director, CISO at Energinet, an independent public enterprise owned by the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy.
Hanne's 39 years of experience from various positions in financial institutions (with the majority her career at Nordea Bank) and the energy sector,... have helped her form a holistic perspective and enabled her to interpret business needs and articulate end-to-end solutions in a highly complex heterogeneous environment. 
She holds an MBA from Henley London and Ppg.DIP GRC from Oxford. more

João Lobato, Global PCI Manager, Information Security Resilience, Pandora

João is an Information and Cyber Security professional with several years of experience within the IT and Infosec fields for global companies including DSV, Swarovski, Deloitte and Renault Group. He has gained extensive international experience having worked in 6 different countries, both in Europe and Africa, throughout his career.
With a BSc and a MSc in Computer... Science and Business Management, he holds several certifications including CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CRISC and Security+, and is an ISO27001 Lead Auditor and Lead Implementer.more

Lars Gotlieb, Regional Manager Nordics, Silverfort

Lars embarked on his professional journey at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, earning a Master's in Electronic Engineering in 1985. Starting his career in software development, he eventually transitioned into strategic sales in 1996. Lars’ technical background was essential in his pivot to cybersecurity, addressing critical enterprise security challenges, in particular,... extending Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and defending against emerging threats.more

Kev Smith, Principal Sales Engineer EMEA, Silverfort

With over 35 years of experience, Kev possesses an extensive career in the computing industry. His professional journey includes a significant focus on Linux and Windows engineering for some of the world's leading investment banks. In the last decade, his expertise has shifted towards advising clients on contemporary Identity and Access Management (IAM), the principle... of least privilege, and alternative strategies for Privileged Access Management (PAM).more

Meghan McGowan, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Recorded Future

Meghan is a senior product marketing manager at Recorded Future. She’s been with the company for four years, working with technology alliance partners before joining the product marketing team. Her focus is on SecOps intelligence, platform capabilities including AI, Collective Insights, and Integrations, and the EMEA region.Prior to Recorded Future, Meghan worked... in various roles across field and partner marketing at companies like EMC, Dell, and IBM. She holds an MBA from Simmons College.
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Christopher Schrauf, Lead Security Solution Architect, CyberProof

Chris (Christopher Schrauf) is a cyber security leader with 10 years of experience as a Cybersecurity Architect and SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) engineer. As he is working with the best cyber security professionals around the world, he established exceptional technical experience in corporate environments, and he is heavily engaged with intrapreneurship... within the cybersecurity start-up community. He started his professional career as a business development manager for emerging cyber security solutions, which he supported to gain a larger foothold in Europe. He enhanced this experience with an in-depth Hands-on experience in building up a SOC in an Enterprise environment. Community driven and passionate about sharing his technical expertise for cyber security professionals, he is a member of the ISACA, Google, Splunk and Microsoft Security community. 
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Ylva Fonselius, Senior Sales Engineer, Abnormal Security

With over nine years of experience in the computer software industry, I am currently a Senior Enterprise Sales Engineer at Abnormal Security, a company specializing in AI-driven cybersecurity solutions that protect enterprises from targeted email attacks. Previously, I served as a Senior Solutions Engineer at VMware, where I played a key role in building and sustaining... customer relationships across various industries. My technical expertise is backed by certifications including VCP-VMC, CMNA, CCNA, and CCNP, reflecting my deep knowledge of VMware solutions, Cisco products, and cloud and network technologies. My mission is to empower customers to achieve their digital transformation goals and optimize IT performance.more

Drew Perry, Chief Innovation Officer, Ontinue

Drew Perry is the Chief Innovation Officer at Ontinue, where he is responsible for advancing the company’s ION platform, ensuring it remains a cutting-edge SecOps automation and collaboration solution. Drew has a unique combination of technical expertise and business acumen, with over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity. He is also the founder of Tiberium, a... pioneering MXDR provider that became a market leader in automated cybersecurity services.
Under Drew’s leadership, Tiberium was the first UK MSSP to launch a Microsoft Sentinel-based managed service and introduced the world’s first Microsoft Teams-integrated Security Operations workflow. His background includes hands-on hacking experience in red team cyber operations, defending against nation-state threats, and collaborating with global governments and cybersecurity leaders. Drew’s passion for AI and forward-thinking approaches continues to push Ontinue toward innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of the security landscape.
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Niclas Madsen, CISO, F&P

Niclas Madsen is a skilled and dedicated cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in safeguarding organizational assets and ensuring robust information security. As the new CISO at F&P, he leads cybersecurity initiatives, including strategy, operations, and risk management, focusing on protecting sensitive data and mitigating threats.
With years of security... consulting experience at top-tier companies, Niclas has led comprehensive security programs and teams to enhance cyber resilience. His expertise spans risk management, IAM, and infrastructure security. Niclas combines his business acumen and cybersecurity skills to develop strategies that address both business needs and the risk landscape. He is dedicated to creating a safer digital future for F&P and its members.
Niclas holds CISSP and CCSP certifications, is an editor on CIS Azure Foundations Benchmark, which is used globally by thousands of companies, and is recognized as a Microsoft Security MVP, highlighting his deep technical knowledge and strategic contributions to cybersecurity.more

Jain Joseph, Solutions Architect, SUSE

Jain, is a Solution Architect at SUSE with a deep understanding of container orchestration and cloud-native technologies. Jain works closely with organizations to design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes-based solutions that improve operational efficiency, enhance scalability, and streamline application development. Whether building new Kubernetes environments or migrating... existing workloads to Kubernetes, Jain is dedicated to helping organisations to realise the full potential of this powerful technology and to achieve their digital transformation objectives. more