Operating at the forefront of the cybersecurity industry, Sarah Armstrong-Smith is the Chief Security Advisor at Microsoft. She has led a long and impactful career, guiding businesses through digital attacks and teaching organisations how to protect their people and data. Sarah’s previous positions include Group Head Business Resilience & Crisis Management at The London Stock Exchange Group and Head Continuity & Resilience, Enterprise & Cyber Security at Fujitsu. Such high-profile roles earned Sarah a place in the Most Influential Leaders in UK Tech and Most Influential Women in Cybersecurity. In 2022, Sarah released her first book ‘Effective Crisis Management’. With a new way to share her expertise with a large audience, her leading insight into resilience and security is respected by many throughout the industry. Sarah’s latest book is Amazon No.1 best-seller ‘Understand the Cyber Attacker Mindset’ which explores the psychology of cyber warfare and how organisations can defend themselves from attack. The human aspects of cybersecurity have never been more critical.

Nick Leeson is the infamous “rogue trader” who broke Barings Bank. The collapse of the bank in 1995, and Leeson's role in it, remains one of the most spectacular debacles in modern financial history. How could one trader, an ambitious 25 years old investment broker and the son of a plasterer from north London, bring down the banking empire that funded the Napoleonic Wars and counted HM The Queen as a customer? Despite more audacious and larger scale incidents of rogue trading since Barings, Nick Leeson remains the most infamous and high-profile rogue trader and one of the world's most sought-after keynote speakers within the financial sector; speaking on risk management, compliance, corporate responsibility and transparency. Nick Leeson’s personal insight into the economy and world today represent a unique opportunity to meet and question the main protagonist in the most significant financial scandal of the 20th century.

With 15+ years of wrangling high-stakes projects across Cybersecurity, IT, Banking, and even Construction (yes, he's built more than just spreadsheets), Gurps has mastered the art of managing chaos under tight deadlines and tighter budgets. Think of him as the Superman of organisational change—except with fewer robes and more action plans. Gurps is your go-to guru for navigating the wild world of change. Whether you're facing a digital transformation or just trying to keep your team on the same page, his tailor-made, action-packed talks will help you conquer the chaos with confidence and a touch of flair.

Dan Conn likes to sit in the point between cyber security and development and over the past 14 years has worked as an engineer of some sorts in a wide range of businesses from small startups to FTSE-250 companies.

Dan is now a Senior Platform Security Engineer at Trustpilot – helping them become the universal symbol of trust, securely. He also loves to write music and see beautiful views while running, and is currently training to run the Brighton and London Marathons in April (slowly)."

Purvi Kay is a Chartered Aerospace Engineer with 14 years of experience in Civil Service and UK Intelligence Community. She has over 13 years of experience in Cyber Security and has held various Senior Leadership positions within Government. She is now fulfilling the role of Head of Cyber Security for the Future Combat Aircraft Systems (FCAS) in BAESYSTEMS PLC. Over the years Purvi has developed a skillset in a wide range of cyber security topics, ranging from threat intelligence to embedding a security culture within organisations. She has recently taken on an additional role as an Advisory Board Member for Cyber London. Working in a continuously advancing industry has forced Purvi to adapt throughout her career, build resilience whilst working under pressure and stay motivated in difficult situations. Purvi has taken this experience to empower other women around the world to enter the technology industry. As an active career mentor, she is passionate about developing the right talent pipeline of security professionals. A proud advocate for diversity and inclusion, she is supports tech companies embrace true inclusion and create a paradigm shift in recruiting, nurturing and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. She is the Chair for BAESYSTEMS Women in Cyber Security (WiCS) Programme and has delivered a TEDx Talk on How Neurodiversity can Strengthen Cyber Security With her technical and leadership experience in Cyber Security, passion for empowering others and her determination to create neuro-inclusive organisations, Purvi has become a sought after keynote speaker for Cyber events.

As the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Ayvens (formally ALD Automotive), I lead the information security strategy and governance for the largest vehicle leasing and fleet management company in Europe. With over 7 years of experience in this role, I am responsible for ensuring compliance with regulations, standards, and best practices, as well as managing cyber security risk, incident response, and awareness across the organization. I am also a certified C|CISO, CISSP, ITIL Expert, and Chartered IT Professional (CITP), with a Master of Science in Cyber Security and an Executive MBA. I am passionate about advancing the field of information security and empowering women in the industry. I am a keynote speaker, director of BSides Bristol, and the founder of 4FOX Security which is a consultancy that offers bespoke cyber security services. I have recently won a number of awards, including; Most Inspiring Women In Cyber 2024, CSO30 UK, and CSO judges choice for my contributions and achievements with hiring and retention.

Glenn is a world-renowned security expert with more than fifteen years of professional experience. He has worked as an ethical hacker for organisations ranging in size from startups to multinational conglomerates to governments. He is well known in the information security industry for his presentations at international conferences (e.g BlackHat in Vegas, ZeroNights in Moscow ITWeb in Johannesburg) as well as his research and tools. He is also an expert in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (holding a master’s degree in the field), as well as cryptocurrency (having worked for an Ethereum startup). When he's not a consulting hacker, he builds products to help organisations defend themselves against cyber criminals. As a Rhodes Scholar, he holds two masters degrees from the University of Oxford, and teaches Krav Maga in his spare time.

Jim Loughran is a seasoned technology professional, who continues to enjoy a storied career rooted in application security and developer-driven security advocacy. Currently, he is the Head of Customer Success for the APAC & EMEA regions at Secure Code Warrior. Since joining Secure Code Warrior in 2018, Jim has been instrumental in empowering developers and software engineers with hands-on skills to build secure, resilient applications. His role involves facilitating the design and delivery of cutting-edge development risk management solutions that integrate security into the software development lifecycle, ultimately placing developers in the driver’s seat of code-level vulnerability reduction. He has a proven track record of security change management and has become a trusted leader in helping technical teams adopt secure coding practices. Before Secure Code Warrior, Jim honed his technical expertise as Executive Director at J.P. Morgan, where he led Global Incident, Problem and Change Management before moving into a specialist Cybersecurity role. During his tenure, he sought to solve issues relating to Development and AppSec team goal alignment, resulting in more consistent, secure software delivery. When he is not at his desk, he enjoys diving, travel, and a full-bodied Scottish Whisky.

Tim is CEO and Co-Founder (with Dr Mike Butler) of Think Cyber Security Ltd. ThinkCyber offer the next generation in Security Awareness. Their Redflags® software product applies behavioural and learning science theory, in a highly innovative approach to deliver context-sensitive just-in-time guidance. Tim has worked in IT for more than 25 years both in consulting and corporate IT with organisations including Logica, PA Consulting, Sepura and was previously Global Head of IT for the cyber division of BAE Systems (previously known as Detica). Tim graduated top of his year in Computer Science with AI at the University of Leeds, holds an MBA from the Open University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship from Cambridge University. Tim posts daily on security awareness and behaviour change topics on LinkedIn and is proud to have helped ThinkCyber gain significant recognition for their Redflags® product: Teiss Awards for “Best Cyber Security Training & Awareness Product or Service” in 2024, NCSC for Startups Programme, Accenture Fintech Innovation Lab 2022; TechUK Cyber Innovator of the Year 2021; SC Award Europe (Best Professional Training Programme); CyberTech100; TechInvest GovTech Top 10; Finalists in NYC Mayor’s Cyber Security Moonshot Challenge; members of TechNation Cyber 2.0 cohort; members of London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement (LORCA) cohort 1; Finalists Pitch@Palace 9.0.

Jonathan’s career has spanned 24 years at multiple global system integrators, with a deep focus on driving innovation through the leverage of leading-edge Cloud solutions. His passion is helping customers harness leading-edge technologies to maintain their agility in rapidly changing markets. At Exponential-e, Jonathan leads our front-end business focus, covering Cloud, Managed Services, Apps & Data, Unified Communications, and Security, while also serving as part of the Executive team to ensure tight alignment between customers and leadership. His core focus is providing customers with the support they need to drive their digital transformation strategies, moving beyond the immediate challenges to encompass the wider business and technology landscapes, and the latest opportunities for truly transformative outcomes.

Ray Manash is a Lead - Business Development and Tech Evangelist, specializing in Identity and Access Management (IAM) for the UK and Ireland regions. With five years of experience as a Presales Consultant, he has engaged directly with customers, understanding their security needs and helping organizations strengthen their cybersecurity posture through strategic IAM solutions.

Dan Hindley leads the UKI-I business for KnowBe4. With a passionate focus on customer success, Dan specialises in helping organizations develop robust human risk management strategies. He takes great pride in ensuring exceptional service delivery and building lasting partnerships with clients.

As Head of UK & Ireland at secure email provider Zivver, Amir Khan helps organizations elevate email security and meet compliance objectives through intuitive, AI-driven solutions. With a focus on user experience and efficiency, Amir empowers IT leaders to boost security awareness, reduce data loss, and enhance stakeholder engagement. With experience across sectors including finance, legal, local government, and the NHS, Amir tailors security solutions to each organization’s unique needs, taking a proactive approach to email security. This ensures they stay ahead of the evolving data protection landscape and mitigate the risk of costly breaches. Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirkhanlondon/

Raghu Nandakumara is Head of Industry Solutions at Illumio, the Zero Trust Segmentation company. Based in London, UK, Raghu is responsible for helping customers and prospects across a variety of industries build resilience and accelerate Zero Trust outcomes with Zero Trust Segmentation.Previously, Raghu spent 15 years at Citibank, where he held a number of network security operations and engineering roles. Most recently, he served as a Senior Vice President, where he was responsible for defining strategy, engineering, and delivery of solutions to secure Citi’s private, public, and hybrid cloud environments. Raghu holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Cambridge, and a master’s degree in advanced computing from Imperial College London.

David has over fifteen years’ experience working within the UK’s specialist military units and government environments, where he was the first cyber operative. During David’s time within government and whilst working alongside CISOs, he realised current approaches to cyber defence were cumbersome to set up, slow to adapt and expensive to run. David brought together a team of experts to solve some of the common struggles that CISO’s were experiencing including an erosion of trust caused by alert fatigue, unpredictable costs of ingesting logs and being too slow to adapt as getting hold of the right data was either painful to get prioritised by busy teams or that analytics take a long time to get into production. He founded SenseOn in 2017 with a vision to make the Internet a safe place so businesses could prosper without fear. His sense of camaraderie, instilled by his military background, has created a collaborative working culture, nurtured by an extremely bright, dedicated and passionate team. Innovations by the team in pursuit of SenseOn’s vision have been recognised as Innovations of the Year by both the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the World Economic Forum.

Nicko serves as Absolute’s Chief Technology Officer where he oversees the direction and strategic vision of Absolute’s product architecture and security roadmap. He has more than two decades of experience leading, developing and bringing to market disruptive security technologies. Prior to his role at Absolute, Nicko served as Chief Security Officer and Chief Information Officer at nanopay, Inc, a financial services technology company. He has also served as Chief Technology Officer at the Linux Foundation, Good Technology (now a part of BlackBerry) and nCipher (now a part of Entrust Datacard) as well as the Chief Security Architect at Juniper Networks. Nicko also serves as a board member and advisor for numerous startups and is a mentor for the Techstars accelerator program in Boulder, CO. He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge and fellowships from the Royal Academy of Engineering and British Computer Society.

Nick Lantuh has 35 years of proven start-up, company building and strategic leadership experience. Nick Is currently President, Interpres Group, within CyberProof (a UST company). Previously, he was the Founder, CEO & Chairman of Interpres Security, a startup providing Exposure Management and Defensive Optimization (acquired by CyberProof, A UST company, in 2024). Prior to Interpres Security, Mr. Lantuh was President and CEO of Fidelis Cybersecurity, where he was brought in to execute a successful turnaround, selling Fidelis two years later to Private Equity in 2020. Prior to Fidelis, he served as Executive Chairman of eSentire, where he led the company and provided both strategic and operational leadership to support the company’s growth and market expansion, culminating in the sale of eSentire to Warburg Pincus in 2017. Prior to eSentire, Mr. Lantuh was Founder and President of NetWitness (acquired by EMC in 2011), where he secured funding, built the management team and ran day-to-day operations from inception through the sale, culminating in a #21 overall ranking on the 2010 Inc. 500 List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the US and a #1 ranking as the Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Software Company in the US. NetWitness was also recognized by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce as the Fastest Growing Company in the State of Virginia for 2011. Mr. Lantuh had previously held senior executive roles in multiple startups in endpoint security, network security, optical networking, and wireless, culminating in an IPO and acquisitions by Cisco, McAfee and Ceridian. He was a two-time Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” Finalist (2010 & 2011) and also served as a judge for E&Y’s Greater Washington DC region for a number of years. Mr. Lantuh was also an Association for Corporate Growth Finalist for the National Capital Chapter in 2011 for M&A Deal of the Year over $100M. Mr. Lantuh serves on numerous corporate & non-profit Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards. Mr. Lantuh holds a BS from Cornell University, an MBA from the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School and has also completed the Executive Program for Growing Companies at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He also holds certificates from the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business in Building the Leadership Engine and the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business in Leadership for Extraordinary Performance.