Mentorship – March 2026
Welcome our Mentors
CyAN Global Mentorship Programme | March–May 2026
We are proud to welcome our mentors for the March 2026 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, France, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, the United Kingdom, India, and the United States. 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 March to May 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.
Daniela Fábián Masoch
Switzerland
Founder and Executive Director at FABIAN PRIVACY LEGAL GmbH, Attorney at Law, CIPP E/CIPM/FIP/ISMS 27001 Lead Auditor
Gilles Chevillon
France
Operational Resilience, Cybersecurity & Financial Crime | Digital Learning & Advisory | Regulatory Compliance (DORA, NIS2, ISO27001)
John Salomon
Spain
Experienced, international information security leader. vCISO, board & startup advisor, strategist
Bharat Raingangar
UAE
Board Advisor, 1CxO, vCISO CyberSecurist & Mentor - Digital Transformation CyberResilience - CyberInsurance-SupplyChain Threat Mang
Saba Bagheri
Australia
Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager
Jihad Zein
Australia
Information Technology, Risk and Compliance | Ms Law
Subela Bathia
UAE
Founder and MD at Imperium Middle East, Co-Founder Digital Gate
Sam Bertram
UK
Head of Information Security
Mohammed Shakil Khan Khan
UAE
CAE | CRO | Board Advisory | Corporate Governance | Risk Management | Business Strategy | Transformation | Cybersecurity | ESG | Start up & Innovation | LinkedIn Top Voice
Dr. Shilohu Rao
India
Professor | Research Director of Centre of Excellence (CERA) | Director of Centre of Law &Technology | Building the Future of Legal Tech | Expert in Data & AI Governance.
Dr. Mathew Nicho
UAE
Associate Professor (Research) at Research and Innovation Centre, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer; Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi
Rupesh Shirke
USA
OT Cybersecurity Leader | AI | Data Privacy | CISSP, CSM, ISA/IEC 62443 Certified | Cloud & Industrial Control Security Expert | Driving Secure Digital Transformation | IEEE & ISA Senior Member