I am interested in the strategic development and global-local implementation aspects of Internet Governance initiatives as part of the SDG 17. I am the founder of the Munich based strategy consultancy connecting trust and focus on cybersecurity/resilience from the technology-strategic and social-economic points of view.

Prior to connecting trust, I held a variety of senior executive roles with global advisory and technology leaders. These include: partner at EY European Advisory Center, Chief Strategy Officer at Airbus Defense & Space Cybersecurity, Head of Public Sector at RSA Germany, Director of Infosec Strategy & Communications at Microsoft Germany and Country Manager at VeriSign and SafeNet for D-A-CH.

In addition to this, he served as a member of the Permanent Stakeholder Group at the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) from 2015 to 2017.


My key domains of expertise are digital transformation, cybersecurity and integrated risk management, providing strategy, governance, cyber resilience advisory to a wide range of stakeholders globally.