Koen Gijsbers
NATO Communications and Information Agency, The Netherlands Ministry of Defense
Digital and cyber strategist, former lead of NATO Communications and Information Agency, former CIO of The Netherlands Ministry of Defense
Koen Gijsbers is a leading IT and cyber executive, now advising governments and companies at the board and executive level on strategies. He brings 40 years of working experience in the public sector, as a military leader and as a civil senior executive. He led NATO’s cyber innovation from the US (Allied Command Transformation), drove change in the NLD Ministry of Defence as CIO and optimized NATO’s IT and Cyber capability as General Manager of NATO Communications and Information Agency in Brussels. Currently, Koen is engaged in cyber innovation through startups and research programs.