Prior to this role Mr Loginov was the Chief Executive Officer of a cyber security group and co-founder of Executive Risk Magazine, a cyber security & risk publication for executives. He also served as UK Managing Director for an IT global services organisation where he ran teams of ethical hackers, CLAS, CHECK, risk management and ISO27001 Consultants prior to this being aquired by KPMG. 

Mr Loginov is a Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO) and security practice leader with over 30 years’ experience as a retained adviser and consultant to a number of corporates and organisations. He is also an Executive Directorfor the ISSA (UK) and is an executive member on pan government advisory boards and technology forums on digital security-related matters. He is Chairman of the Cyber Strategist Forum, a group of industry professionals that provides a thought leadership perspective on the bigger issues that affect government, business and society. He also serves as an advisor to industry and government on Cyber Security Next Generation Design. 

Mr Loginov was educated in the British Military and has worked with a range of government agencies and teams including CEOP/SOCA, NPIA, MoD, MoJ, special forces, police, Big 4 consultancies and as managing director for a List X GCHQ accredited CLAS and CHECK facility. His interests include EU governmental relations and the Cyber Security Digital Agenda.

Before joining the European Commission, Mr Priebe was the Assistant at the Federal Constitutional Court from 1979 to 1983. Prior to this he served as a Judge at the Administrative Court in Stuttgart (1977 to 1979). He completed his Law degree in 1972.

Dr Shea is involved with several prominent academic institutions, He is a professor at the Collège d’Europe, Bruges; Visiting Lecturer in the Practice of Diplomacy at the University of Sussex; and Associate Professor of International Relations at the American University, Washington DC, where he also holds the position of Director of the Brussels Overseas Study Programme. In addition to this he lectures at the Brussels School of International Studies at the University of Kent. 

Dr Shea holds a D.Phil. in Modern History from Oxford University (Lincoln College), awarded in 1981. He is a regular lecturer and conference speaker on NATO and European security affairs and on public diplomacy, political communication and lobbying. Among his many associations and memberships, Dr Shea is Member of the Advisory Board of the Security and Defence Programmes at Chatham House; Member of the Policy Council at the World Economic Forum in Geneva; and Founder and Member of the Board for the Security and Defence Agenda in Brussels.

Mr Vael has 20 years of active experience in risk and information security management, BCM/DRP, data protection/privacy and IT Audit. Previously, he was National Information Security Officer for a large consulting company for more than five years. He is a guest professor at Antwerp Management School and Solvay Brussels School, deputy member of the Flemish Privacy Commission, board member of SAI and member of the Permanent Stakeholder Group of ENISA. 

Mr Vael has three Master degrees and several other certifications including CISSP and CISM.