Board of Directors
TOGETHER
Join ECSO and write with us the future of European cybersecurity!
Joining ECSO means joining a network of cybersecurity peers and being in a unique position to understand the needs of the different European countries, sectors, competitors and categories of stakeholders.
ECSO Members have access to six Working Groups, covering cybersecurity at 360°, as well as a cybersecurity policy task force which provides time-sensitive insights and ensures a direct link between ECSO Members, the European institutions and decision makers.
ECSO Members have access to six Working Groups, covering cybersecurity at 360°, as well as a cybersecurity policy task force which provides time-sensitive insights and ensures a direct link between ECSO Members, the European institutions and decision makers.
Governance

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
Vice Chairs
Giorgio Cusma’
Olivier Ligneul
Mark Miller
Strategy Committee
Kai Rennenberg
Gerd Müller
Miguel Ángel Cañada
Mark Miller
Chris Moret
Ana Ayerbe
Alexis Caurette
Olivier Ligneul
Financial Committee
Charlotte Graire
Lise Fuhr
Gerd Müller
Members of the Board of Directors
- ATOS (ES)
- AIRBUS Defense & Space - Cyber Security (FR)
- WithSecure (FI)
- Leonardo S.p.A (IT)
- RHEA SYSTEM (FRA)
- Schneider Electric (FR)
- secunet (DE)
- SGS Group (ES)
- Sopra Steria (BE)
- Thales SIX GTS France SAS (FR)
- Bfore.ai (IT)
- CONCEPTIVITY (SW)
- Cyber Services (HU)
- YES WE HACK (FR)
- 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 (FI)
- TeleTrusT - IT Security Association Germany (DE)
- UFPPEE – Union for Private Economic Enterprise (BG)
- Tikehau - Ace Capital (FR)
- Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (IT)
- Italgas (IT)
- EDF – Electricité de France (FR)
- Estonia – RIA Estonian Information System Authority
- Germany – BSI: FEDERAL OFFICE FOR INFORMATION SECURITY
- Italy – National Cybersecurity Agency
- 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)