Currently residing in Belgium, is a seasoned Cybersecurity Practice Leader at Atria Solutions. He formerly served as the Cybersecurity Director at CGI Belgium before venturing into an independent cybersecurity consultancy based in Belgium. His global experience and extensive expertise significantly underscore his leadership in the cybersecurity arena. Tony is also an ISC2 authorized trainer, PECB and TRECCERT Certified Trainer. Tony previously led the Information Security Department at Credit Libanais for 13 years. He holds an array of prestigious cybersecurity certifications, including CISSP (since 2001), PECB Certified Management Systems Auditor (CMSA), PECB Data Protection Officer (GDPR), PECB ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, PECB ISO/IEC 27005 Risk Manager, PECB ISO/IEC 27032 Lead Cybersecurity Manager, among other technical qualifications. He has been honored with the "CISO-100" award (Chief Information Security Officer among the top 100 in the region) for three consecutive years by the Middle East Security Awards (MESA) in Dubai, UAE. Tony is particularly noted for achieving PCI-DSS compliance for Credit Libanais—the first and still the only bank to be certified under PCI-DSS—as well as for Netcommerce, IPN, CCM (all service providers), and Credit International Bank in Senegal. Tony's extensive field experience includes providing consultancy for ISO/IEC 27001 certifications, performing risk assessments based on ISO/IEC 27001 standards, developing security policies and procedures, conducting security awareness training for end-users, providing professional security training, and conducting security audits among other responsibilities.
