Ahmed Anas is the Head of the Cyber Security Governance Unit at The Central Bank of Egypt, before joining CBE, Ahmed was acting as EFG Holding and Valu CISO. Ahmed is an industry and cybersecurity expert and public speaker. Ahmed has extensive experience in creating and implementing cybersecurity strategies, designing, implementing, and assessing infrastructure and applications cybersecurity. His areas of experience also include governance, risk management and assessment, compliance, incident handling and response, penetration testing, Red Teaming, and SOC implementation. Ahmed earned his master’s degree in Computer Science from Cairo University with a thesis in the field of cyber security, Ahmed is an ISC² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), EC-Council Certified Instructor, and Ethical Hacker. Ahmed obtained GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT) and ISACA COBIT 2019 Foundation certificates. Ahmed is currently a Ph.D. student in Cyber Security and AI.