Serge is the founder and owner of a cybersecurity firm and a former combat pilot in the Royal Netherlands Airforce. He has provided cybersecurity- and data privacy leadership for many SMEs, NGOs and MNCs since 2005. Prior to his recent CISO positions, he received a business degree from the prestigious Royal Netherlands Military Academy, and he holds CISA and CDPSE certificates. Serge has more than 17 years of broad international IT and cybersecurity experience and is passionate about maximising cybersecurity maturity and data privacy resilience at all levels of any organisation. He is also known as a pleasant, people-oriented leader and aviation subject matter expert and always seems to be available for a good chat over excellent coffee.