CXO Think Tank

Leo has a successful track record working within different blue-chip companies and industries ranging from Start-ups/Scale-ups, Banking, FinTech, SaaS and eCommerce, providing insight, consultancy and strategy across global remits covering Information Security, Cyber Security, GRC, Auditing, Cloud and a multitude of compliance remits including PCI DSS, SOX and GDPR. At Flo Health, the number one health and wellbeing app. His team protects the data of 250 million users, equating to 300 billion data points. He is currently an advisor to multiple start-ups from the Palta Group. He has been instrumental in leading security efforts within HealthTech and FemTech. In June 2022, Flo Security delivered the industry’s first ISO 27001 certification. Leo is a multi-award winner. A Snyk influencer. A Keynote speaker worldwide and was added to the CISO Platform Top 100

Khadir Fayaz is a progressive Cyber Security Digital Executive Leader with more than 18 years of experience in driving large scale digital security initiatives, cyber resiliency programs and business information security engagements. Delivered successfully global digital security transformational programs with multi-million dollar investments. Transformed security as an enabler and accelerator for the business through frictionless services to meet both compliance & privacy requirements such as PCI DSS and GDPR. Dynamic, metrics-driven leader of international and virtual teams’ adept at integrating people, business processes, and technology assets into effective risk reduction strategies to elevate organizational security posture from external and internal threats. Significantly improved the risk culture and security maturity in some of the world’s largest PropTech, Learning, FMCG, Financial, Manufacturing, Technology Consulting, Hospitality & Travel companies. Built strong customer and business partner relationships, effective teams across the full spectrum of information security services. Hired and developed global talent, and operated truly globally having extensive hands-on experience in Asia Pacific, UK and USA. A highly sought-after speaker who has contributed immensely to the industry through tech start-up mentoring and holding non-executive director roles.

Cameron is a seasoned cyber defence advisor and information security strategist who has worked for the United Nations, governmental and law enforcement agencies, as well as leading multinational corporations. He consults across verticals to guide his clients in maturing strategic and tactical security capabilities, incident response measures, proactive defence, and resilience investments, and devising effective countermeasures to insider threats. Cameron has also conducted in-depth research into emerging trends in cybercrime offending, forensic science, data protection, and cyber-warfare. He is an author and contributor to books and articles on many aspects of cybersecurity and a regular speaker at international conferences. He holds multiple bachelor and master level degrees in law, behavioural science, international security, policing, intelligence, and counterterrorism, in addition to vendor neutral technical certifications and accreditations. Cameron enjoys working at the intersection of technology, security and law and building capable teams to deliver services that organisations need to operate safely, competitively, and effectively in today’s digital world.

Leo has a successful track record working within different blue-chip companies and industries ranging from Start-ups/Scale-ups, Banking, FinTech, SaaS and eCommerce, providing insight, consultancy and strategy across global remits covering Information Security, Cyber Security, GRC, Auditing, Cloud and a multitude of compliance remits including PCI DSS, SOX and GDPR. At Flo Health, the number one health and wellbeing app. His team protects the data of 250 million users, equating to 300 billion data points. He is currently an advisor to multiple start-ups from the Palta Group. He has been instrumental in leading security efforts within HealthTech and FemTech. In June 2022, Flo Security delivered the industry’s first ISO 27001 certification. Leo is a multi-award winner. A Snyk influencer. A Keynote speaker worldwide and was added to the CISO Platform Top 100

Jimmy Jones is a telecoms cybersecurity expert and Head of Security at ZARIOT. Jimmy’s experience in telecoms spans over twenty years in which time he has built a thorough understanding of the industry working in diverse roles but all building from early engineering positions within major operators, such as WorldCom (now Verizon), and vendors including Nortel, Genband & Positive Technologies. In 2005 Jimmy started to focus on telecom security, eventually transitioning completely in 2017 to work for a specialist cyber security vendor. He now brings all his industry experience to deliver agile and secure digital transformation with ZARIOT.

Philip Hoyer CTO – Software BU at Videojet – a Danaher company, where, as chief connector of dots, he inspires the various software teams at Videojet to build software and IOT platforms the right way. Philip is an experienced technology executive in the security and identity space, previously also leading the Strategic Innovation function at HID Global, exploring machine - learning, frictionless access, Blockchain, securing the internet of things and augmented reality. He managed strategic alliances such as Microsoft and represented HID Global on standards bodies such as GlobalPlatform (Strategic Director and Chair of Identity Task Force), Smart Card Alliance, IETF and OATH. He is a recognised subject matter expert on Innovation, IoT, RFID / NFC, TSMs, Mobile Security, Identity, Access Control, Cloud Security and Payment Standards, especially in financial services and e-government, who regularly speaks at major conferences. He has over 25 years experience architecting, building and delivering IT solutions, much of which was gained working as a solutions architect for a large consultancy. He holds a first class honours degree in Software Engineering from Westminster University.

Steve is an experienced Cyber Security Specialist who has worked in many financial organisations. With over 15 years in Cyber Security and a further 25 years in IT in general giving Steve and wide knowledge based to build upon. Steve’s speciality is Vulnerability and Risk Management and is a mentor to junior members of the Security Teams.

As CISO for Accenture’s CIO and Global Digital Identity Lead for the IT powering the Accenture business, I have a key role in securing the critical technology that runs the Accenture business. Accenture’s IT supports a 150B+ company with 780k people, in 120+ countries and 400+ office locations. Reporting to Accenture’s CIO and working directly with Accenture’s CISO, I have overall responsibility for the enablement of Accenture's digital identity vision. In this role, Simon leads the strategy through to implementation and run of all new Identity and Access Management services. Simon is also accountable for the security strategy, architecture and compliance for all IT services that power Accenture that are run by the office of the CIO.

Thomas Kinsella is the Co-Founder and COO of Tines, a no-code automation platform for security teams. Before Tines, Thomas led security teams in companies like Deloitte, eBay, and DocuSign. As COO, Thomas is responsible for customer success, professional services, and more. Thomas has a degree in Management Science and Information Systems Studies from Trinity College in Dublin.

Dr. David Movshovitz is an expert in software development and information security. David was previously the co-founder and VP R&D at Algotec Systems (acquired by Kodak), CTO and VP R&D of Magnifire (acquired by F5 Networks), and CTO and Co-Founder of Navajo Systems (acquired by Salesforce.com). David also headed an R&D team in the Israeli Defense Forces and is the recipient of the Israeli Defense Award. Dr. Movshovitz earned his PhD in Physics from Bar-Ilan University and teaches Information Technology, System Architecture, developing secure applications, and web security at the Inter Disciplinary Center (IDC) and Tel-Aviv University (TAU).

Lino Gambella is a cyber security expert with over 20 years of experience. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Defenx Limited. Lino has a long standing relationship with Akamai technologies, first as a client and subsequently as a partner. He has a vast knowledge of Akamai solutions and uses them to custom fit perimeters around businesses ensuring maximum security. Lino is an advocate for the Zero Trust model and has helped many businesses adapt and implement this approach. He works closely with in-house technical teams to create an infrastructure that is reliable and secure.

Richard Meeus has over 20 years of experience in designing and building secure solutions working as pre/post-sales, in addition to consulting roles. He has worked on some of the world's largest enterprise security solutions through Mirapoint, to being a key pre-sales component of Prolexic as it spearheaded the DDOS protection space.

James Hughes is VP of Sales Engineering at Rubrik and formerly a field CTO focusing on our global enterprises. James joins us from Schroders where he was Global Head of Infrastructure & Shared Services Technology.  As a technology executive, he was responsible for their complete infrastructure transformation, building the global team, changing the operating models, leading DevOps & Agile, cloud adoption, automation and building a code-driven infrastructure. There he changed the user experience & perception of technology by building a platform which allowed global users to work from anywhere. Coupled with this were new channels to get insight & data, get new technology and support adopting a more Amazon & Apple approach to tech, rather than traditional financial services. Previously he was Head of Production Services at Premium Credit, VP of Infrastructure at PIMCO and Head of Central IT for Investec Bank Plc.  He is a Chartered Information Technology Professional with the British Computer Society and board member of various governance & standards bodies.

Nana-Ampofo is a seasoned IT, networking and InfoSec professional with a passion for using technology to transform the way we live, work and play. Nana’s experience ranges from developing technology solutions > safeguarding endangered rhinos > to assisting clients on global security transformation projects. Today, Nana works with some of the largest organizations in the world to provide his bespoke expert advice on their complex Security Operations challenges which are often impeding the SOC’s ability to succeed as a business

David is a Senior SE, with over 20 years of experience working in the technology industry, covering a variety of networking and engineering roles. He has experience of both on premise and cloud solutions in the cybersecurity space, helping customers and partners solve complex business problems.