Welcome our Mentors
CyAN Global Mentorship Programme | September-December 2026
We are proud to welcome our mentors for the September2026 intake of the CyAN Global Mentorship Programme.
Our mentors are experienced professionals working across cybersecurity, privacy, risk, governance, law, artificial intelligence, and trust and safety, based in Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Australia, USA, and Bahrains. They generously give their time to support the next generation of practitioners in a programme that is entirely community-driven and voluntary for both mentors and mentees.
The mentorship programme runs for three months, from September to December 2026, and focuses on meaningful one-to-one connections rather than rigid structures. Each mentor–mentee pairing sets its own rhythm, with a minimum of one video call and the flexibility to connect more frequently as suits both parties.
Board Advisor, 1CxO, vCISO CyberSecurist & Mentor - Digital Transformation CyberResilience - CyberInsurance-SupplyChain Threat Mangement
Founder and MD at Imperium Middle East, Co-Founder Digital Gate
Founder and CEO of FABIAN PRIVACY LEGAL GmbH | helping CEOs, boards, and GCs make confident decisions on data, AI, cybersecurity, and digital regulation
CISO | Driving Cyber Resilience & Business Security | Risk Mitigation | Cloud & Data Protection | Governance & Compliance | Coaching
Director- Cyber Exposure Management at Optus
CAE | CRO | Board Advisor | Corporate Governance | AI Strategy I Transformation | Cybersecurity | ESG | LinkedIn Top Voice
Associate Professor (Research) at Research and Innovation Centre, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer; Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi
Founder and CEO | Executive leader in digital transformation & cybersecurity |Cyberresilence evangelist| CIO CISO| EDI Ambassador | Board member| Caribbean Personality Award for Canada 2025|Trust Coalition Member at GDI
CEO | Founder | Board Member
Risk. Regulation. Resilience. | Executive Advisor | Enterprise Risk & Transformation | GRC, Cloud, AI Governance, Cybersecurity & Financial Crime | Cross-Border Regulatory Readiness | NIS2 DORA NCEMA CST-CRF | EU↔ GCC
Experienced, international information security leader. vCISO, board & startup advisor, strategist.