Regional Keynote Speaker - Chairman of Board - SmartWorld
Dimitri Chichlo
Sr. IT Security Advisor - Union Bancaire Privée
Ahmad Almulla
Executive Vice President, Corporate Services
Dr. Faisal Sibai
CISO - Sovereign Wealth Fund
Abubakr Latif
Cybersecurity Advisor - TRA
Dario V. Forte
C.E.O - DFLABS
Shivkumar Pandey
CISO - BSE
Dr. Mohammed Khaled
Department of Energy
Ajay Rathi
Sr. Director - IT - Meraas Holding
Yousuf Dashqooni
Head - Information Security - WASL Group
Abdullah Sayari
CISO - Department of Health - Abu Dhabi
Uday Deshpande
CISO - L & T
Phil Cracknell
CISO Advisor - UK
Illyas Kooliyankal
Group CISO - A Leading Bank - UAE
Kamran Ahsan
Senior Director - Digital Security Services - Etisalat
Dr. Rudra Murthy
CISO - Amazon Pay & Ex. Digital India
Mohamed Darwish Azad
CISO - Emirates NBD
Arif Irfani
Head - Information Security - Sharjah Islamic Bank
Dr. Jassim Haji
CIO - Gulf Air
Bilal Ahmad
Head - Information Security - Union Corp
Ashish Khanna
Information Security Officer - DHA
Mario Foster
Group CIO - Al Naboodah Group
Utpal Nath
President (Middle East) - Government Blockchain Association
Biju Hameed
Head - Information Security & Compliance
Osama Salah
FAIR Institute Abu Dhabi Chapter
Anshul Srivatsav
CIO - Union Insurance
Irene Corpuz
Head of Information Security - Western Region Municipality
Ahmed Baig
Founder - CISO COUNCIL
Tom Gamali
Group CISO - Leading UAE Bank
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Industry Talks
“My grateful thanks to MESA team for the superb organisation behind the success of the MESA 2016 event. This was a major Information Security event demanding meticulous planning and attention to detail. I found the event to be informative with interesting different information security school thoughts at some times.”
Group CIO
Al Naboodah Group Enterprises
"Honored to be selected as one of the top 100 CISOs in the
Middle East by MESA. Kudos to Ahmed and Team MESA for
a fantastic initiative and a well-executed event"
Biju Hameed, Head of Information Security & Compliance
Dubai Airports
“Excellent event, extremely well organized. I was surprised by the number of extremely senior representatives from different business sectors who participated. The presentations were of high quality, good value as they came from right people and very enjoyable. I will be back next year”
Paul Edon
Tripwire
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Advisory & Jury Team
Dr. Amirudin Bin Abdul Wahab
CEOCybersecurity Malaysia
Dr. Jassim Haji
CIOGulf Air
Dr. Fadi Aloul
Professor & HP Institute Director American University of Sharjah (AUS)
Dr. Kanak Madrecha
CEOJury - Government Excellence Awards
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Past MESA & MESCON Speakers & Panelist
Dr. Amirudin Abdul Wahab
CEO - CyberSecurity Malaysia
Tonny Rabjerg
CIO - Code Sealer
Phil Cracknell
Risk & Security Advisor
Abdulla Al Sayari
CISO - Health Authority
Meera Al Mansoori
Head - Information Security - Abudhabi Government Department