
Benelux CISO Community
Executive Summit
15 October 2024 | Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre
15 October 2024
Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Benelux's top CISOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
The Future of Leadership and Influence Across the C-Suite
Maximising Existing Resources to Optimise Emerging Costs
Leading and Securing AI Adoption
Benelux CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Jan Joost Bierhoff
Heineken
Global Director Information Security (CISO)

Allan Cockriel
Shell
CIO - Global Functions; Group CISO

Ori Fragman
Hapag-Lloyd AG
CISO

Florence Mottay
Zalando
VP & CISO

Martijn Nykerk
Randstad
CISO

Jennifer Watson
Ahold Delhaize
Global CISO
What to Expect
Agenda
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast Service
09:00 - 09:45 Keynote
The Ferrero Effect — Unveiling the Secrets of Sweet Success

Jörg Behrend
Group Chief Information Technology Officer
Ferrero
In today's digital landscape, it is critical to have a cohesive collaboration between business leaders and IT functions. Fostering a strong partnership not only enables an organisation to harness the full potential of technology for business success, but also drives innovation, streamlines operations and creates competitive edge.
Join Ferrero's Jörg Behrend, Group CITO as he discusses turning business vision into strategy and share real-world examples on how to:
- Foster a culture of collaboration and alignment between business and IT functions
- Develop effective communication channels and bridge the gap between technical and business perspectives
- Leverage technology as a strategic enabler for achieving organisational goals
09:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:45 Breakout Session
Securing AI - Building a Framework for Future-Ready Organisations

Florence Mottay
VP & CISO
Zalando
In an era of rapid transformation driven by Artificial Intelligence, organisations must prioritise adaptation and innovation to remain competitive. Explore how Zalando, one of Europe's leading online fashion retailers, utilises technology to elevate user experience and the vital importance of establishing a dedicated and secure AI framework.
Join Florence Mottay, CISO at Zalando as she shares her experience with:
- Understanding the potential risks and vulnerabilities within AI systems and developing appropriate safeguards and mitigation strategies
- Integrating security, agility and speed from the start to ensure a resilient and reliable framework that evolves alongside technology
- Bridging the gap between security and business teams to align goals and drive overall impact on the organisation
10:00 - 10:45 Executive Boardroom
Threat Intelligence and Third-Party Risk — Doubling Down on Critical Vulnerabilities
Hosted by RiskRecon, a Mastercard Company

Rana Sarkar
Director Information Security
Schoeller Allibert

Gokhan Yalcin
Vice President, Cyber Security Products
RiskRecon - A MasterCard Company

Rob ter linden
CISO
Signify
The complete entanglement of cyber risk with business risk is becoming increasingly visible. CISOs now have an opportunity to better pinpoint third parties that present a threat to the organisation. Yet the increasing complexities of third party, and even fourth party, risk management, prompted by a wide range of evolving threats, demands heightened attention. How can CISOs ensure they have a clear overview of the threat landscape and vulnerabilities across ecosystems and supply chains?
Join this session to discuss:
- Identification of vulnerabilities across your vendor landscape to prioritise response efforts
- Best practices for mitigating a new wave of sophisticated attacks to keep assets safe
- The role threat intelligence plays in risk management strategies to safeguard your digital ecosystem
10:45 - 11:50 Networking Break
10:55 - 11:40 Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
11:50 - 12:35 Breakout Session
Enhancing Resilience — Effective Communication of Valuable Cybersecurity Risks
Hosted by Verizon

Phillip Larbey
Managing Principal & Head of Verizon's Threat Research Advisory Center EMEA
Verizon

Martijn Nykerk
CISO
Randstad

Marcel van Leent
CISO ABN Amro Clearing
ABN AMRO

Floor Van Eijk
CISO
Nationale-Nederlanden
Increased regulation is driving greater accountability in the boardroom to understand the cyber threat landscape and recognise and measure risk. Translating different forms of threat intelligence and risk into your business is critical to protecting the organisation and remaining compliant.
Join Verizon as they share insights on the 2024 DBIR publication and a panel discussion with CISOs on translating insights into practice.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- Frame risk as a business topic to enhance leadership understanding of threat landscape
- Translate key findings of Verizon’s DBIR report into your IT security methodology
- Identify actions to reduce the gap in your board’s knowledge of threat intelligence
11:50 - 12:35 Executive Boardroom
Unleashing AI Potential by Empowering Security Teams as Business Innovators
Hosted by Wiz

Marcel Woltjes
CISO
Sligro Food Group

Jeroen van Kesteren
CISO
De Nederlandsche Bank

Jesper Rellme
Manager Solutions Engineering
Wiz
Nearly every organisation today faces the challenge of shadow AI — unauthorised or unsanctioned AI tools being used within the organisation. CISOs must address shadow AI through robust governance programmes to ensure security and compliance. According to Wiz, 70% of organisations use cloud-based AI services, yet many struggle with effective governance. By empowering their security teams, organisations can create a secure framework that accelerates AI innovation and protects cloud assets.
Join this Executive Boardroom to explore strategies to:
- Identify and manage shadow AI within your governance framework
- Discover priority use cases for cloud-based AI services
- Learn how to support AI adoption while maintaining robust cloud security
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Location
Venue & Accommodation
Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City CentreParking and Public Transport
Public Transport:
Central Station - 7 minute walk.
Tram 26 - Stop Muziekgebouw/Bimhuis
Parking:
Underneath the hotel: There is a public parking garage under the hotel (costs EUR 4.29 per hour, no discounts available).
Oosterdok Parking: 10-min walk from the hotel (from just EUR 5 per day).
Hotels Nearby
Address: Javakade 766, 1019 SH Amsterdam, Netherlands
Distance from Venue: 0.6 Miles
DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Central
Address: Oosterdoksstraat 4, 1011 DK Amsterdam, Netherlands
Distance from Venue: 0.9 Miles
Address: Prins Hendrikkade 108, 1011 AK Amsterdam, Netherlands
Distance from Venue: 1.11 Miles
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