Mrs. Sithembile Songo

Ms. Sithembile Songo has been specialising in information security since 2003 and her experience is augmented by several leadership roles in both public and private sectors, including Financial, Telecom, Public Sector, Consulting firm, Energy sector and other State-owned entities. She holds a Master of Science in Information Security and several cyber security professional certifications. Sithembile […]

Dr. Kanwaljit Singh

Dr. Kanwaljit Singh leads the Digital Public Infrastructure team’s efforts in the areas of digital identity, cybersecurity, and applications of emerging technologies to accelerate development outcomes. Kanwal graduated from Cornell University with a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry and joined the Components Research division at Intel Corporation where he led teams tasked with investigating advanced […]

Mr. Massimo Mina

Mr Mina has an educational background in civil engineering and started his career in the private sector in Nigeria and in Morocco between 1992 and 1994. In 1994 he joined the European Commission Delegation in Nairobi as a junior expert, where he managed cooperation projects in the area of transport, infrastructure, nature and cultural conservation. […]

Ms. Lolita Lomanta

Lolita Lomanta is a Senior Assistant Provincial Prosecutor in the Philippines. She obtained her Degrees in Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Juris Doctor from Southwestern University in Cebu City. She was appointed to the Prosecution Service in 2004 and became a Family Court Prosecutor in 2005. Her years on working on cases involving women […]

Mr. Sebastian Madden

Sebastian Madden is PGI’s Chief Corporate Development Officer and serves on CREST’s International Council as CREST’s Middle East lead. He works in both roles to build cybersecurity and digital resilience capability and capacity internationally. Sebastian has 27 years of experience working at national level and has helped over sixty countries in five continents develop strategies, […]

Mr. Osama Manzar

Osama Manzar is Senior Ashoka Fellow, a British Chevening Scholar and an IVLP Fellow who founded Digital Empowerment Foundation in 2002 resulting in digitally empowering more than 30 million marginalised and unconnected people. He has a credit of traveling more than 10,000 villages in India and has been influential in several digital policies in India […]

Mrs. Manjusha Marar

Currently employed as a Cybersecurity Associate at ACPL Systems Pvt Ltd since 2019. Her journey into the cybersecurity field began after completing her graduate degree when she joined the Cybershikshaa program, which has been instrumental in shaping her career. She provides Cybersecurity support to a diverse range of industries from airlines and banking to health […]

Ms. Sametria McKinney

Sametria McKinney is a pioneer in the Bahamian public sector, landing top information and cyber security leadership roles, over the past decade, at institutions such as the Central Bank of The Bahamas, and most recently, in the Office of The Prime Minister, leading the National Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) as Director. Sametria grew up […]

Mr. Will Middleton

Will Middleton is the Cyber Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. He is responsible for leading the UK’s international policy, programmes and people to deliver the UK National Cyber Security Strategy. Before taking up the role in June 2020, Will was Additional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Will has worked for […]