Nationality is German Went to school in Germany, then joined the German Air Force First as Air Traffic Controller, then became IT Officer, which started my IT / Cyber career Became an Electrical Engineer, specialty Comms Engineer Here the main role was IT provisioning & support as head of the IT Office As part of the Air Force I became the Comms Officer of the NATO Airborne Early Warning Force HQ (SHAPE, BEL) Left the military and joined NATO as a NATO Civilian, doing IT Security, then Information Assurance Incl. Inspections, policy, governance, incident management, Sec Awareness, Sec Accreditation, and helped develop the initiatives of Intel Support to Cyberspace Left NATO for the CISO role at Candriam, a financial investment company Here dealing with Cyber Security as CISO, all tasks included and Identity & Access Management The effort is global, as Candriam has trade offices around the globe