Speakers – Cysec Global

speakers

2025

Eng. Badar Ali Al Salehi

Director General, Oman National CERT Head

Regional Cyber Security Center (RCC)

Abhishek Pratap Singh

Head of Information Security (CISO)

National Bank of Oman

Abdul Hakeem Ali Al Alawi

Information Security Officer (CISO)

Oman LNG L.L.C.

Abdul Kader Baba

Chief Technology & Information Officer (CTIO)

Infrastructure South Africa

Ahmed Al Lawati

Information Security Specialist

Oman Credit & Financial Information Centre (Mala’a)

Ali Waleed Saleh Alqallaf

Head – Project, Security Operations

Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Amr Metwally

Director of Clinical Simulation & Innovation

Itqan Clinical Simulation & Innovation Center

Bilal Rao

Head of IT & OT Cybersecurity

RKH Qitarat

Dr. Shaheela Banu Abdul Majeed

Information Security & Compliance Officer & Auditor

Oil and Gas Industry

Dr. Ebrahim Al Alkeem

National Risk & Policy Director

Organisation Executive Office of AML & CTF, UAE Government

Dr. More Manda

Director – National Integrated Cyber Infrastructure System

Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

Dr. Mussab Z. Aswad

Academic VP

Nasser Centre for Science & Technology

Galeboe Mogotsi

Chief Information Security Officer

University of the Witwatersrand

Hani Bani Amer

Head of Information Security

Al Etihad Payments

Hatem Omar Almatwaly

Digital Transformation & Cybersecurity Consultant

General Tax Authority

Hind M. Al-Boainain

Senior IT Executive

Bahrain EDB

Hisham Mohamad Amin

Assistant Director

Risk Management & Information Security, Bahrain Bourse

Iyad Atieh

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Alghanim Industries

John Mankarios

Vice President

Information Technology, QInvest

Khaled Waheed

Technology Advisor

Department of Government Enablement

Lindelwa Choma

Group Chief Compliance Officer

African Bank

Mohamed Almaleki

Head of Information Security

Federal Tax Authority

Mohammed AlAbdulkarim

GM, Enterprise Resilience

Royal Commission for AlUla

Mr. Abdullah Al Shaheen

Media & Public Relations Manager

National Cyber Security Center (NCSC)

Nawaf Al Hazza

Head of Network Security & Infrastructure

Ministry of Public Works

Osman Qazi

IT Audit Expert

Qatar State Audit Bureau

Preston Soobramoney

Head of Cyber Security

Old Mutual Limited

Prof. Khalid Al Begain

President

Kuwait College of Science and Technology

Shaikha Al-Mashaykhi

Information Security Specialist

Oman Chamber of Commerce & Industry (OCCI)

Simon Nare

Group Information Security Office

AECI Limited

Tarek Terk

Head, Cybersecurity & ICT Operations

Ministry of Public Health

Vijay Velayutham

Principal Information Security Officer

Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure

Vishnu Padmakumar

Head of Digital Security Section

General Pension & Social Security Authority

Ziad Yunis

Chief Information Security Officer

SGB

2024

Prof. Muhammad Khurram Khan

Founder & CEO, Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research (USA) Professor of Cybersecurity, King Saud University (Saudi Arabia)

Dr. Hussain AlJahdali

Advisor (ITET)

Government Entity

Dr. Mustafa Hasan Qurban

Director ICT & Consultant

King Fahd Military Medical Complex

Abdulatif Alrushaid

Cybersecurity General Manager

Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources

Obay Aljerian

Cybersecurity Advisor

Confidential

Fahad Alyami

Associate Director of Cybersecurity

Saudia Dairy & Foodstuff Company (SADAFCO)

Mrs. Iman Mahmoud Odeh

Director of Cybersecurity Development

Oman National CERT

Amjid Ali

General Manager IT

Al Ansari Trading Enterprise

Abhishek Pratap Singh

Head of Information Security (CISO)

National Bank of Oman

Abdul Hakeem Ali Al Alawi

Information Security Officer (CISO)

Oman LNG L.L.C.

Ahmed Al-Bahdoor

Head of Cyber Security

Oman Airports Management Company

Patrick P.

Vice President, Technology Risk

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Walid Lotfy

Executive Director of Business & Economic Sector

Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce

Sarfaraz Muneer

Vice President Cyber Security Assurance

Mubadala

Nasser Al Neyadi

Head of Information Security

Ministry Of Interior

Marzouq Alnuaimi

Head of Information Security

Abu Dhabi Aviation & Aerospace Services (ADAAS)

Sara Al Hosani

Cyber Defense Intelligence Section Head

Department of Government Enablement

Lineo Racoco

Group CISO, IT Dept

Coca-cola Beverages Africa

Mogomotsi Mokoka

Chief Information Officer

Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)

Sithembile Songo

Group Head: Information Security (CISO)

National State Owned Entity(ESKOM)

Maletsema Phofu

Director Of Information Security

University of Johannesburg

Songezo Mbambisa

Deputy Director – Cyber Crime Investigations

City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

Abdul Kader Baba

Chief Technology & Information Officer (CTIO)

Infrastructure South Africa

Hani Kanaan

Network Security Consultant

Ministry of Interior – Qatar

Abdulrahman Hassan

Head of IT Operation, Infrastructure, and Security

Qatar Free Zones Authority

Eng. Turkih Trad AL Hothal

Head Information Security & Risk

Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation ‘KAHRAMAA’

Solomon Sagayaraj John Michael

Head of Information Security

Qatar Islamic Bank

Wan Roshaimi Wan Abdullah

IT Director

Gulf Organisation for Research & Development

Imran Chowdhury

Global Head of Data Protection & Governance

Al Jazeera Media Network

Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al-Kuwaiti

Head of Cybersecurity

Cyber Security Council

Lt. Col. Dr. Hamad Khalifa Al Nueimi

Head of Telecommunications Section IT Center

Abu Dhabi Police General H.Q. UAE

Abdullah Algumaijian

Director of Security Operations Department

Minister of Energy

Badreya Juma Almehairi

AVP Data Privacy Senior Manager, Information Security

Mashreq Bank

Abdullah Al Shahrani

Cybersecurity Development Manager

GASCO

Fatimah Aljulaih

Head of Cybersecuirty

NEOM

Hesham Abdulhadiy

Technical Presales Manager - Industrial CyberSecurity

Kaspersky

James Connolly

Regional Director - Middle East

Darktrace

Mona Alshehri

Risk and Compliance Analyst

Saudi Air Navigation Services

Nasser Bostan

Chief Data Integrity Officer

TONOMUS

Nader Ayoub

Director of IT

Malaffi, Abu Dhabi

Nader Baghdadi

Senior Regional Director

ColorTokens

Nahla Juma Al Balushi

Head - Inforamtion Security Management

Central Bank of Oman

Noura Al Sulaimani

Head of IT

Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company)

Salem (Saud) Al-Elwi

Head of ICS Cybersecurity

Saudi Aramco

Sultan Alharbi

OT / ICS Cybersecurity & Digitalization Manager

Ma'aden Aluminium Company

Sarah Al-Mawlawi

Assistant Director Corporate

Information Security Ooredoo, Qatar

Hamad Alrewaily

Information Systems Manager

Qatar Chemical Company

Carl Curran

Regional Sales Director

EMEA Axonius