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Women in Cyber Mentorship Programme 2021: Our Mentors

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 WOMEN IN CYBER MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME 2021:  MEET OUR MENTORS

The Women in Cyber Mentorship Programme’s first edition has welcomed mentors from an array of backgrounds, areas of expertise and regions (notably Africa, Arab region, North America and Europe)​.


​Fiona Alexander

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
American University

Current Job Title
Distinguished Policy Strategist in Residence





Nisreen Al Khatib 

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Bank Audi

Current Job Title
Head of Unit






Shifa Sorene Assefa 

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Cyber Czar

Current Job Title
MD





Lessie Longstreet 

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Cyber Readiness Institute

Current Job Title
Global Director of Outreach and Partner Engagement





Priscilla Mutembwa 

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
DAMIPA Consulting

Current Job Title
Founder, CEO





Bushra AlBlooshi Current 

Employer/Organization/Affiliation
DESC

Current Job Title
Head of R&I



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​Shawn Richardson

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
FIRST/NVIDIA

Current Job Title
Board Director, FIRST / Senior Manager Product Security Incident Response Team, NVIDIA





​Louise Marie Hurel 

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Igarapé Institute / London School of Economics and Political Science

Current Job Title
Project Coordinator Digital Security Programme / PhD Researcher




​Natalia Spinu

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Information Technology and Cyber Security Service P.I.

Current Job Title
Head of the Center for Response on Cybersecurity Incidents | CERT-GOV-MD




​Samaneh Tajalizadehkhoob 

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Current Job Title
Lead Security, Stability & Resiliency Specialist




​Deborah Housen-Couriel

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Konfidas Digital Ltd.

Current Job Title
Chief Legal Officer and VP Regulation




​Reem AlShammari

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Kuwait Oil Company

Current Job Title
Team Leader Information Security




​Aziza Al Rashdi

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Ministry of Transport Communication and Information Technology - Oman National CERT

Current Job Title
Director Cyber Security Professional Services


​Diana Waithanji 

Current Job Title
CyberSecurity Consultant




​Abeer Khedr

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
National Bank of Egypt

Current Job Title
Information Security Director





Lufuno T Khorommbi

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Orizur Consulting Enterprise

Current Job Title
Specialist Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Governance




​Joy Aimienoho

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
PwC

Current Job Title
Associate Director Cybersecurity, Privacy & Resilience




​Rita Forsi

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Retired from Public Administration

Current Job Title
Expert in Cybersecurity




​Andrea Knoblauch

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Softchoice

Current Job Title
PreSales Security Architect




​Isabella Corradini

Current Employer/Organization/Affiliation
Themis Research Center

Current Job Title
Scientific Director