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COcyber Ambassadors

Experts Empowering COcyber
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Our COcyber ambassadors are high-level and trusted individual experts, policymakers, and decision-makers in the cybersecurity civilian and defence spheres recruited and empowered to advocate for the project and its community. The COcyber ambassadors’ mission is to

  • Expand the COcyber’s Reach.
  • Endorse the COcyber activities.
  • Produce and share targeted contents.
  • Foster one-to-one stakeholder engagement.
  • Support COcyber’s position in the European Cybersecurity arenas.

The Cocyber team runs the ambassador programme for two years.

15+ Ambassadors

are selected

3 rounds

of ambassador programme

6 months

of activity per round

Meet our Ambassadors

Batch 1

Stella Tsitsoula

Stella Tsitsoula

Co-Founder
Greece
Wome4Cyber
Madhusanka Liyanage

Madhusanka Liyanage

Associate Professor
Ireland
University Dublin College
Antonio Grasso

Antonio Grasso

CEO
Italy
Digital Business Innovation Srl
Selene Giupponi

Selene Giupponi

Managing Director Europe
Italy
Resecurity Inc.
Nizar Touleimat

Nizar Touleimat

Director of the Security and Defence R&I program
France
CEA List
Eduvigis Ortiz

Eduvigis Ortiz

President
Spain
Women4Cyber

Batch 2

Iva Tasheva

Iva Tasheva

Co-founder and cybersecurity lead
Belgium
CYEN
Uzoma Agba

Uzoma Agba

Startup Advisor
Germany
Seedstars
Yugo Neumorni

Yugo Neumorni

President and co-founder
Romania
CIO Council
Csaba Krasznay

Csaba Krasznay

Associate Professor
Hungary
Ludovika University of Public Service
Līga Raita Rozentāle

Līga Raita Rozentāle

Director
Belgium
CrowdStrike
Gabriella Biro

Gabriella Biro

Cybersecurity consultant
Hungary
Freelance
Vilius Benetis

Vilius Benetis

Director
Lithuania
NRD Cyber Security

Batch 3

Ana-Maria Matejic

Ana-Maria Matejic

Senior Cybersecurity Advisor
Belgium
WhiteLabelConsultancy
Maja Horvat

Maja Horvat

Senior project manager
Slovenia
Women4Cyber Slovenia
John Soldatos

John Soldatos

AI Consultant Scientific Advisor
Ireland
INNOV-ACTS LTD
ERIC VAN CANGH

ERIC VAN CANGH

SENIOR BG LEADER DIGITAL - CYBER
Belgium
AGORIA
Maarten Botterman

Maarten Botterman

Director
Netherlands
GNKS Consult BV
Christos Xenakis

Christos Xenakis

Professor
Greece
University of Piareus
Monika Kutejova

Monika Kutejova

Chairwoman
TheCyberValkyries NGO