Bio

Fene Osakwe is a multiple award winning Technology professional, speaker and author. His core competence is in Cyber security, IT Governance, IT Strategy, Risk Management, and Sarbanes–Oxley implementations. Fene has consulted for several Financial Institutions, Telecoms and FinTech companies, state governments and some Universities in these areas, holding over 10 internationally recognized professional IT Certifications. He started his cyber security career as a penetration tester over a decade ago, progressed into management and is now one of the most sought after conference speakers in Africa - he has spoken at over 43 international conferences and has won several awards locally and internationally. He was recently recognized by Hiedens International Magazine as the most sought-after cybersecurity and tech governance advisor in Africa. In 2021, Dr Fene was awarded an honorary Doctor of Business Administration (Leadership and innovation) from the Swiss School of Business Geneva for his exceptional leadership skills and continuous innovation. He mentors hundreds of career professionals with a mission to help career professional rise from fresh graduates to executive management in less than 10 years, like he did. He is also authoring his first book on Accelerated career success which is available on his website feneosakwe.com In June 2022, Dr Fene was invited into the exclusive Forbes Technology council – an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs, and technology executives. Making him one of the few persons to make the Tech Council in their 30’s. Dr Fene was Vetted and selected by a review committee based on his depth, diversity and wealth of experience in Information Technology and Cyber Security. He is an advisory board member on several boards within and outside Africa.