Author biographies

Nils Diekmann
Underwriting Manager Cyber, Munich Re Facultative & Corporate London

Early in his career, Nils was responsible for developing and implementing Munich Re’s worldwide security architecture. He later joined the underwriting side of Munich Re, where he developed the company’s large corporate cyber insurance offering.
In 2016, he became the Underwriting Manager for Cyber at Munich Re’s Great Lakes Insurance, where he's responsible for the cyber business for large corporate clients written out of London.

Matt Griffin
Futurist & Founder, 311 Institute

Matt is a futurist and strategic advisor helping build centennial companies. He founded the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures consultancy working across the next 50 years. He also founded the World Futures Forum and XPotential University, two philanthropic organizations with the mission to reduce global inequality and ensure the benefits of the future are accessible to everyone, irrespective of their abilities or background. He wrote the Codex of the Future series and "How to Build Exponential Enterprises."

Richard Grisenthwaite
SVP, Chief Architect & Fellow, Arm

Richard has worked for Arm for the past 21 years. He is responsible for the long-term evolution of the Arm architecture and has led the architecture since heading up the introduction of Armv6 in 2001. In his early days at Arm, Richard worked on Arm720T, Arm940T, and Arm1136EJF-S. Prior to Arm, Richard worked for Analog Devices on fixed-function DSP, and at Inmos/ST on the Transputer. Richard has a BA from the University of Cambridge and holds 85 patents in the field of microprocessors.

Andreas Kuehn Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation America

Andreas leads the Cyberspace Cooperation Initiative’s research and policy workstreams at the Washington DC-based public policy institute. He looks at new risks and challenges to international security at the intersection of emerging technology, cybersecurity, and geopolitics. Andreas works with international organizations, governments, and corporations to strengthen security and stability in cyberspace.

Simon Segars
CEO, Arm

Joining Arm as employee #16, Simon led the development of early ground-breaking Arm processors – the Arm7 and Arm9 – powering the world’s first digital mobile phones. He played a key role in developing industry standards and his engineering work led to him being granted several embedded-systems patents. He held several strategy positions, including global head of sales and vice president of engineering, before he was named Arm CEO in 2013.

Wouter Slegers
CEO, TrustCB

Wouter is a prolific creator of security certification schemes, including evaluation methodologies and Certification Bodies (CBs). His work includes standards like SESIP (complementing PSA Certified), MIFARE security, and the GSMA eSA certification program. Wouter is the CEO of TrustCB, a commercial CB known for its predictably short time to certification.