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EMEA Group Vice President

Digicert

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03 Jul

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London

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I'm the EMEA Group Vice President at DigiCert, where I lead our strategy and growth across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. With over 20 years in enterprise security, I’ve held senior roles at companies like Verisign, Anchore and Venafi helping scale operations and drive go-to-market success in global markets. I'm passionate about building high-performing teams, supporting digital transformation, and helping customers strengthen trust and resilience in an increasingly complex threat landscape.

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The quantum countdown: How financial services can start preparing today

There’s a lot of talk right now about artificial intelligence, automation and blockchain. But quietly, in the background, another technological shift is gathering pace, which is one that will redefine the foundations of digital security and trust. Quantum computing has moved from theory to practicality faster than anyone expected. What used to be c...

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The quiet risks that can shake financial resilience

Late one evening, I tried to make a routine transfer through my online banking app. Instead of a smooth transaction, I was met with repeated error messages. The following day, it became clear that several banks had been hit by a DNS outage. For me, it was inconvenient. For the institutions involved, it was far more serious. Payments were delayed,

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How to improve trust and reduce risk with the X9 PKI Framework

In the fast-evolving digital landscape, financial institutions face increasing complexity and risk in managing their public key infrastructure (PKI). With rising cyber threats and regulatory scrutiny, the need for a more agile, transparent, and secure cryptographic framework has never been greater. The ANSI X9 committee’s work to establish a sta

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