Karel Wouters

Karel Wouters is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in information security and product ownership, currently serving as a Product Owner and Internal Security Consultant at Bancontact Payconiq Company since February 2012. In this role, Karel has been instrumental in establishing security requirements for the organization's payment system. Additional roles include IAM and Payments Internal Consultant at Unifiedpost Group, and previous positions as Product Owner at Unifiedpost Payments and Postdoctoral Researcher at KU Leuven/Opacity, where Karel contributed to the Opacity project. Karel's early career involved pivotal roles in information security consulting at CardWise and project management at Clear2Pay and IBBT/iMinds/imec, along with significant research endeavors at KU Leuven's COSIC department. Karel holds a PhD in Engineering and a Licentiaat in Mathematics from KU Leuven, complemented by foundational studies in Civil Engineering and Mathematics.