Laurie-Anne Bourdain

Laurie-Anne Bourdain is the Data Protection Officer, Risk Officer & (information Security, Risk Management and Data Protection) Awareness Manager at Isabel Group, a Belgian Fintech active in the BeNeFraLux (Belgium, Netherlands, France and Luxembourg area).

Laurie-Anne has 15 years of experience in information security and risk management and six years of experience in data protection. She mostly focused on Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), awareness and training, and internal advice activities along her career.

Laurie-Anne is involved in several organizations, both in Belgium – including with the Belgian Cyber Security Coalition where she co-chairs the GRC focus group, as a trainer for the Cyber Security Awareness and Culture Manager certifying training, as a founding member of the Belgium Chapter of Women4Cyber – and internationally with (ISC)² where she is a member of the U.K. & Europe Event Planning Committee, supports the Center for Cyber Safety and Education, has served as an exam development volunteer, and with the IAPP where she chairs the CIPP/E exam development board.

Laurie-Anne is an international public speaker, often speaking at conferences specialized in information security or data protection, as well as more generalist conferences.