Governance

Board of Directors

ECSO Chairperson

Axel Deininger
Secunet

Axel Deininger has been on the Management Board of secunet Security Networks AG since January 2018 and took over as CEO in June 2019. In October 2021, Axel Deininger was elected Chairperson of the European Cybersecurity Organisation (ECSO). Before joining secunet, Axel Deininger held various positions at the Munich-based Giesecke+Devrient Group for more than ten years, most recently as Group Senior VP and Head of Division Connectivity & Devices at G+D Mobile Security GmbH. The industrial engineer has also gained many years of management experience from positions at companies such as Siemens AG, Infineon Technologies AG and Samsung Semiconductor Europe GmbH.

ECSO Vice chairs

Lucio González Jimenez
Representing AEI cybersecuridad – Associations

Miguel Ángel Cañada Navarro
Head of Institutional Relations & Strategy INCIBE –– National Public Authorities

Alexis Caurette
Vice President Strategy & Marketing Thales – Large company

Giorgio Cusma Lorenzo
Group Senior Director - Cybersecurity, Business continuity Strategy and Group Governance Intesa San Paolo – User/operator

Fabio Martinelli
Senior Researcher Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) – Research Center

Mark Miller
Founder & CEO Conceptivity sàrl – SME

Members of Board of Directors

Large companies

ATOS (ES)
AIRBUS Cyber Security (FR)
WithSecure (FI)
Leonardo S.p.A (FI)
Rhea System (BE)
Schneider Electric (FR)
secunet (DE)
SGS (CH)
Sopra Steria (BE)
Thales SIX GTS France SAS (FR)

SMEs

Conceptivity (CH)
Cyber Services (HU)
GUARDTIME (EE)
YES WE HACK (FR)

Associations

ACN – Alliance pour la Confiance Numérique (FR)
AEI Ciberseguridad – Agrupacíon Empresarial Innovadora en Ciberseguridad y Tecnologías Avanzadas (ES)
eurobits (DE)
ETNO – European Telecommunication Network Operator's Association (BE)
NECC - North European Cybersecurity
TELETRUST (DE)
UPEE – Union for Private Economic Enterprise (BG)

Users/Operators/Investor

Tikehau - Ace Capital (FR)
Intesa Sanpaolo (IT)
EDF – (FR)
RIA – Estonian Information System Authority (EE)

Estonia – Ministry of Defence
Germany – BSI: FEDERAL OFFICE FOR INFORMATION SECURITY
Italy – Ministry of Economic Development (MiSE)
Spain - INCIBE - National Institute of Cybersecurity
Poland – CHANCELLERY OF THE PRIME MINISTER
Romania - NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY DIRECTORATE

CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IT)
CEA – Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (FR)
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (DE)
TECNALIA – Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation (ES)

Basque Cybersecurity Centre (ES)

Reference documents

Secretariat

Joanna Świątkowska
Chief Operating Officer

Luigi Rebuffi
Secretary General

Nina Olesen
Head of sector

Cyber resilience of economy, infrastructure and services (WG3), Education, training, awareness, cyber ranges, and human factors (WG5), Women4Cyber, Youth4Cyber. Contact: wg3_secretariat@ecs-org.eu or wg5_secretariat@ecs-org.eu

Emile Jonckheere
Senior Office Manager

Contact: media@ecs-org.eu

Milda Kaklauskaite
Policy Manager

Supporting the development of Cyber Investor Days, Cybersecurity Made in Europe Label. Contact: wg4_secretariat@ecs-org.eu

Roberto G. Cascella
Head of sector

Standardisation, certification and supply chain management (WG1). Contact at wg1_secretariat@ecs-org.eu

Ana Vallés Bori
Junior Manager for Regional Policies – European Digital Innovation Hubs

Contact: ana.valles@ecs-org.eu

Francesco Bordone
Junior Manager for Cybersecurity Policies, Legislation & Markets

Contact: francesco.bordone@ecs-org.eu

Saskia Brugman
Junior Communication & Policy Manager

Women4Cyber. Contact: hello@women4cyber.eu

Sebastijan Čutura
Junior CISO Community & Cyber Resilience Manager

Cyber Resilience of Economy, Infrastructure & Services. Contact: wg3_secretariat@ecs-org.eu

Sara Weeks
Marketing & Communications Manager

Contact: sara.weeks@ecs-org.eu

Amely Serian Flores
Marketing & Communications Assistant

Contact: amely.serian@ecs-org.eu

Costanza Pestarino
Junior Manager – Supply Chain and Strategic Autonomy

SRIA and Cybersecurity Technologies (WG6). Contact at wg6_secretariat@ecs-org.eu

Vacancies

Full time Junior Manager for the ECSO Cybersecurity Marketplace. Read more.