Speakers

Paul Mackie is a Group CISO at Fern Trading Limited.

Scott Lennox is a CISO at Envision Energy.

ish Sukumaran is Vice President, Information Security at Worley, with over 25 years’ experience across information security, governance, risk, compliance, and large‑scale transformation in complex, global organisations.At Worley, Nish has held senior leadership roles spanning information security, GRC, IT risk and assurance, and enterprise strategy, supporting major programmes and business‑critical initiatives across the globe. His work focuses on aligning security and risk practices with business priorities and measurable outcomes.

Janine Oosthuizen is a Director of OT Cybersecurity at CHEP.

With over 20 years of experience in Corporate, Financial, Oil & Gas, Chemical Industry, Manufacturing, Government, Military and Technology, in both domestic and international settings, she is considered a leading Trusted Advisor and Sr. Subject Matter Expert in IT/OT Cyber Security and Compliance worldwide.

With close to 20 years of experience in Information Security and a broad technical background, I have an extensive experience in Operational, Tactical and Strategic security management. In my roles as CISO and Chief Security Officer I have also designed, implemented, and managed cost-effective and modern security architecture mapped to business objectives. Responsible for cross-border security within critical infrastructure I have gained a considerable experience with IT and OT environments as well as regulatory requirements governing the energy sector.

Alfonso José Álvarez Calderón is a Global IT/OT Lead & CIO at Exolum.

I have over 20 years of experience in IT and over 10 years ongoing experience in the information security field. In my most recent roles, I have worked for General Electric as the Director of IT Risk and Governance and for the Hungarian based multinational lighting company Tungsram as CIO. In the past over 3 years at Norsk Hydro, my role as Director of Cyber Security Services and IT Governance Risk, Compliance has equipped me with a robust expertise in IT governance, risk, and compliance.

With 10 years of experience in industrial cybersecurity and other entrepreneurial roles, Adam is Cybersecurity Program Director at International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security (ICCSS). He is a promoter of well designed, architected and reliable industrial networks, from Level 0 and above. He strives to implement them through multiple authored training programs and hands-on pracitcal exercises based on NIST, IEC62443 and industrial best practices.

Markus Westphal’s biography highlights his extensive experience in the cybersecurity sector, with a career spanning 20 years across various leading IT and OT security vendors. His leadership roles include positions at companies like Nozomi Networks, OTORIO/ARMIS, WALLIX, QUALYS and NTT DATA.

Paul Holland is currently working as a Cyber Strategy Manager for Royal Mail. Paul is a cyber security leader and keynote speaker. He has worked in IT, OT and Cyber for over 25 years working in a variety of roles and organisations in that time, which provide him with a considered viewpoint to any issues and topics.

Malcolm Xavier is an IT Security & Data Privacy Manager at EET Fuels.

As PCN (Process Control Network) manager, Michel Harthoorn oversees all support, projects, short- and long-term planning and work prioritization for which the PCN team has responsibility, e.g. providing high availability networks and application infrastructure for plant information network, facility-, lab- and utility systems.

Kevin White is a Head of Cyber Security at SSE PLC.

CISO in OIL with following approach to work: “If you think the problem can be solved by technology, then you probably don’t understand the problem” Cybersecurity Professional who built his experience by working in and managing both IT & OT layers within Utilities, Chemicals, Retail, Automotive and Energy sectors.

Sarah Hadfield is a Head of Energy Sector Security at National Energy System Operator.

Damien Ploix is a Head of Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Services at Endis.

With a Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering and a Master’s in Automation, I’ve gained extensive experience working in different fields of the manufacturing industry. After several years working in international realities, I created my own company, active in innovation and digitalization projects for nearly ten years. Following that, I joined the tires multinational Continental for seven years, taking care at some point of global ICS cybersecurity standards.