Speakers

William Dixon, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute and Senior Technology Cyber Fellow, The Ukraine Foundation

William Dixon is an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, Senior Technology Cyber Fellow of the Ukraine Foundation and is a featured contributor on Cyber for the World Economic Forum. He started his career at GCHQ working on international security issues, and held senior positions at Barclays and the World Economic Forum where he was Head of Future... Networks and Technology. He holds a Masters Degree from the War Studies of King's College London, and is regularly featured in media outlets. more

Geoffrey Taylor, Information Security Officer, Nordea Asset management

Geoffrey Taylor is an information security leader with over two decades of experience shaping cybersecurity strategies across the financial services, technology, manufacturing, and mobility sectors. He specializes in information security strategy risk management, governance, and resilience, and has deep expertise in ISO 27001, NIS2 and DORA. Geoffrey holds CISM,... CRISC, and ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, ISO 42001 Implementer certifications and is a PECB-certified trainer. He is active in the global cybersecurity community and contributes to ISACA, the Cloud Security Alliance, and international mentorship programs.more

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

Björn Johrén, Head of Security & IT Operations, Max Matthiessen AB

Björn is the Head of Security and IT Operations 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

Timo Wiander, Senior Security Advisor, Elisa

Timo Wiander is a Senior Security Advisor at Elisa, one of the largest and leading telecommunications companies in Finland. He has over 25 years of experience in information security, primarily focused on the protection of critical infrastructure.
Previously, Timo served as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Enfuce Financial Services... Ltd, where he played a key role in strengthening security governance within the financial sector. Within the nuclear energy field, he set and supervised information security requirements for Finnish nuclear facilities and participated in international development and training related to the IAEA’s information security guidelines.
Timo has also led the development of an information security training program for the Finnish financial sector, working closely with banks and state authorities. He continues to actively collaborate across a wide range of information security–related initiatives.more