Board of Directors

TOGETHER

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Governance

Members of the Board of Directors

Chairperson

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.
Axel Deininger

ECSO Chairperson

CEO of secunet Security Networks AG

Members of the Board of Directors

LARGE COMPANIES

  • Airbus Defense and Space
  • Atos Spain
  • Eset
  • Leaonardo S.p.a.
  • RHEA SYSTEM S.A.
  • Schneider Electric 
  • secunet Security Networks AG – Chair of ECSO Board
  • SGS Group 
  • Sopra Steria
  • Thales SIX GTS France SAS – Vice-chair of ECSO board

ASSOCIATIONS

  • ACN – Alliance pour la confiance numérique – Vice-chair of ECSO board
  • AEI CIBERSEGURIDAD
  • ETNO
  • Eurobits
  • Necc
  • TeleTrusT – IT Security Association Germany
  • UFPPEE – Union For Private Enterprise

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

  • ACN – Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale
  • CHANCELLERY OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF POLAND
  • NSA – National Security Authority (Slovakia) 
  • RIA – Information System Authority, Republic of Estonia
  • ROMANIAN NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY DIRECTORATE
  • INCIBE – SETSI – CDTI – Vice Chair of ECSO Board

REGIONS

  • Cyberzaintza – Vice Chair of ECSO Board

RTO-UNIVERSITIES

  • CEA – Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies
  • CNR – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Vice Chair of ECSO Board
  • Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  • TECNALIA – Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation

SMEs

  • CONCEPTIVITY sàrl – Vice Chair of ECSO board
  • CyEx
  • European Digital SME Alliance
  • Yes We Hack

USERS – OPERATORS – INVESTORS

  • EDF – Electricité de France
  • INTESA SANPAOLO S.p.A. – Vice-chair of ECSO board
  • Tikehau Ace Capital

Miguel Ángel Cañada

Alexis Caurette

Strategy Committee Member, WG4 Chair

Giorgio Cusma’

François Lavaste

Fabio Martinelli

Mark Miller

Roger Simon

Strategy Committee

Ana Ayerbe

Miguel Ángel Cañada

Alexis Caurette

Javier Dieguez

François Lavaste

Alessandro Menna

Mark Miller

Chris Moret

Gerd Müller

Kai Rannenberg

Financial Committee

Lise Fuhr

Charlotte Graire

Gerd Müller