Nadja is a Human Resilience Expert and former NATO senior executive . She leverages her expertise and know-how in crisis management, strategic stakeholder engagement, and emotional intelligence to provide a holistic approach to addressing the human factor of working in the increasingly digitized world. Nadja has worked for nearly two decades at NATO, the world’s largest crisis management organization.
Her last position was Senior Executive at the NATO Communications and Information Agency (Digital Transformation & Cyber Security), responsible for strategic stakeholder engagement and communications.
During her 15+ years of experience in cyber security in NATO, Nadja is a seasoned practitioner and expert in her field. She has also been selected to be part of the book “Hacking gender Barriers: Europe’s Top Cyberwomen” featuring 100+ influential women in cyber security across Europe by the Women4Cyber foundation.
Having worked closely with people from over 40 countries, she is uniquely skilled in fostering trust and understanding among diverse, global stakeholders in both the public and private sectors across various industries.
Nadja designs and facilitates resilience and readiness strategies and helps her clients to manage change through the digital disruptions. She leverages the tested scientific emotional intelligence model EQ-i 2.0, and the universally applied character strengths surveyed by the Values in Action Character Institute.
Nadja possesses the latest credentials in the field of emotional intelligence and has trained with leading experts in the area. Nadja is fluent in Dutch, Arabic, English, French and has a good understanding of Italian and German.
Nadja is an alumna of the 2018 German Marshall Fund Marshall Memorial Fellowship program, a postgraduate from the University of Cambridge in International Relations, and Co-Chair of the largest side event of the GLOBSEC 2019 Bratislava Forum.
In November 2020, Nadja led the regional cyber leadership approach webinars for the World Savings Banking Institute (WSBI). The webinars were part of a global initiative with partners such as Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) and Cyber Fin Project of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
She is also the Host of the Cyber Eagles Podcast, the only place where you will hear a people-centric narrative about building safer cyber security cultures.
Available For: Advising, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Brussels, Belgium
Speaking Topics: Social Engineering, Healthy Security Cultures, Emotional Firewalls
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Risk Management, National Security