Mihai is the CISO of Carrefour Romania. Mihai has over 20 years experience in IT Security, Governance, Audit, M&A in global environments in digital and communications, manufacturing and retail organizations. Prior to Carrefour, Mihai had Cybersecurity Governance roles with Nokia, Thomson Reuters and General Electric. Mihai is responsible for developing and implementing the Cybersecurity protection program for Carrefour Romania and its affiliates in alignment with Carrefour Group, including risk management, regulatory compliance, assurance, and privacy.

Bruce Keeble is Head of Cyber Security Consulting at Nortal. Part of his mission-driven approach is to reduce the financial and human cost of cyber incidents by helping companies to improve their cyber resilience and response. He has over 20 years of forensic and investigation experience, where he has performed cyber forensic global and cross-border investigations, including leading response efforts on ransomware attacks. His experience includes expert witness reporting in civil and criminal cases in all parts of the UK.

Eric Perkins has served as Director of Engineering for Iron bow Technologies over the last 6 years. Eric oversees all duties of managing and directing engineers at Iron bow on commercial and SLED teams. Eric has held positions with SAIC, SE Solutions and served for 8 years in the US Marine Corp as a Tactical Network Engineer and Chief.

Shashank Bhagat is chairman of the BI Group. Since its foundation in 1958, the BI Group has set inimitable standards of excellence across different verticals, including Hospitality, Real Estate, Education, Media and Publishing.

The Bi Group, based in New Delhi, India is a multi-business corporation with principal interests in publishing distribution, real estate, hospitality, and in education training. Its Publishing Services company, BI Publications Pvt. Ltd. is a leading distributor of scientific, technical, and medical literature to channels that service the academic and professional communities in India. He also is a Director of BI Luxury residences.

Ashwin is Chief Executive Officer of CyBourn. Under Ashwin’s leadership, CyBourn has grown from a start-up to a cybersecurity leader with a razor focus on protecting clients through a state-of-the-art Security Operations Center (SOC). He oversees CyBourn’s business strategy and market expansion. Ashwin has extensive experience consulting with Fortune 100, Fortune 500, and NGOs to uncover innovative and practical solutions for driving sustainable competitive advantage and transform progressive organizations. Ashwin has published papers on a variety of topics, has been interviewed by several publications, often speaks at conferences, and is a chapter contributor and editor for two books. Having lived in five countries and traveled to over twenty-five countries, Ashwin has a global background and an acute sense of cultural diversity.

Darren currently serves as Global VP of Product Marketing at One Identity, part of Quest Software. He has spent 30+ years in the software industry and has served in executive positions in both technical and marketing-orientated capacities. Most recently, Darren helped the build-out of a SaaS start-up business in the domain of Cyber Insurance Analytics and, prior to that, served in both CTO and CMO roles at Symantec Corporation in the EMEA region.

Darren is also a seasoned Non-Executive Director, specialising in advising boards of security and data storage companies through their “start-up” and “hyper-growth” phases.